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单词 pietic
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pieticadj.

Brit. /pʌɪˈɛtɪk/, U.S. /paɪˈɛdɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: piety n., -ic suffix.
Etymology: < piety n. + -ic suffix. Compare post-classical Latin pieticus (12th cent. in a British source).In the following quot. pietic is probably a misprint for pietie:1614 G. Chapman Eugenia ii. sig. E2 As if shee heard not..shee lay still; This sowre sweet That pietic ministers, doth neuer meet With fit secretion.
rare.
Pious.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [adjective]
pope-holya1387
Pharisaical1527
as holy (also as sick, as strong) as a horse1530
hypocritish1531
hypocritic1540
hypocritely1541
hypocritical1553
horse-holy?1589
sanctified1604
Pharisee-like1611
sanctimoniousa1616
Pharisaica1618
lip-holy1624
Bible-bearing1625
canting1663
unctuous1742
pietistical1753
pietical1782
goody-goody1785
goody1808
Sunday school1817
Pecksniffian1844
goodyish1848
goody-good1851
devil-dodging?1861
pietic1865
mawwormish1883
pietistic1884
mawwormy1885
pi1891
pietose1893
holier-than-thou1912
antimacassar1913
holy1958
1865 N.Y. Times 2 Aug. 1/6 The sober or pietic side of the great jubilee.
1939 N. Waln Reaching for Stars 308 Johann Sebastian Bach..gifted with pietic genius to distill from..pain lessons in tolerance and compassion.
1954 Dixon (Illinois) Evening Tel. 30 Sept. 4/4 Mr Mills, relict of the pietic lady who was murdered.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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