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pitifulness|ˈpɪtɪfʊlnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being pitiful, q.v.
1557Sarum Primer N viij b, I commende and betake my handes to thy holinesse, besechynge thy pitifulnesse. 1662Bk. Com. Prayer, Prayers sev. Occas., Let the pitifulness of thy great mercy loose us. 1670Eachard Cont. Clergy 32 They would..soon discern..the pittifulness of their matter, and the impertinency of their tales and phansies. 1702C. Mather Magn. Chr. iii. iii. (1852) 541 That pitifulness and that peaceableness which rendered him yet further amiable. 1884W. S. Lilly in Contemp. Rev. Feb. 264 Christianity, preaching pitifulness and courtesy. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 597 Scrofula:..its frequency, its pitifulness, and its marring of fair young lives. |