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piteousness|ˈpɪtiːəsnɪs|
[f. piteous a. + -ness.]
The quality of being piteous: a. mercifulness (arch.); b. pitiableness.
1390Gower Conf. III. 210 It may be said no Pitousnesse, Bot it is Pusillamite. 1530Palsgr. 254/2 Pyteousnesse, pitevseté. a1586Sidney Arcadia (1622) 132 Sirs (answered he with a good grace, and made the more agreeable by a certaine noble kinde of pitiousnesse) I see well you are strangers, that know not our miserie. 1608Machin Dumb Knight iv. in Hazl. Dodsley X. 189 Will have them both condemn'd immediately, Without their answers, plaints, or piteousness. 1862Trollope Orley F. xlv, Lady Mason..flinging herself upon her friend's neck..begged with earnest piteousness to be forgiven. |