单词 | pitiability |
释义 | pitiabilityn. The quality or condition of being pitiable; (also) a pitiable person or thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [noun] piteousnessa1586 meltingness1622 pathos1668 pitiableness1694 touchingnessa1750 pitiability1865 pitifulness1897 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xviii. vii. 176 Pitiabilities of every kind. 1915 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily Star 2 Nov. 10/1 The pitiability of the girl's plight has brought out all that is most altruistic in your nature. 1995 Independent 16 Mar. 26/4 There is something tyrannical in his widower's pitiability. 2001 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 28 Oct. 14 This book is a rarity: an account that parallels the stupidity of policy with the addict's pitiability. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1865 |
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