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pitiable(dictionary)

pitiable (iou)



pitiable adjective. LME.
[Old French piteable, pitoi- (mod. pitoyable), from piteer, pitier: see PITY verb, -able.]
Deserving of or arousing pity; lamentable, mournful. LME.
V. S. Pritchett A pitiable portrait of an ailing little boy.
Despicable, contemptible, miserable. L18.
J. B. Priestley A pitiable record of..stupidity.
? Cf. partly synonymous PITEOUS, PITIFUL.
pitiableness noun L17.
pitiably adverb E19.