pitiableadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɪtɪəbl/, U.S.

/ˈpɪdiəb(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English pytoyable, late Middle English–1500s piteable, 1500s pitoyable, 1500s pittiable, 1500s pyteabyl, 1500s– pitiable, 1600s pytyable, 1600s–1700s pityable; Scottish pre-1700 piteable, pre-1700 pyteabill, pre-1700 1700s– pitiable.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French piteable, pitiable.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French piteable, Middle French pitiable (French pitoyable : see note) compassionate (first half of the 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman), arousing pity (13th cent. in Old French as piteauble ) < pite , pitie pity n. + -able -able suffix. Compare earlier piteous adj., pitiful adj.In form pytoyable after Middle French pitoyable (1485; also as pitoiable ; French pitoyable ), variant of piteable (compare Old French, Middle French, French apitoyer beside Old French, Middle French, French†apitier : see pity v.).

†1. Full of pity, compassionate; = pitiful adj. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective]

pitifulc1350

pitiablea1475

yearninga1704

a1475 ( S. Scrope tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Bodl. 943) (1999) 24 It longith not to kingis ne to princes to yeue lordschip ne power bot to piteable peple, and so he schalle loue thaym as the fader doth good childre.

1487 Thewis Gud Women (St. John's Cambr.) l. 137 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 89 Be euir of pure folk pyteabill.

1503 tr. Kalendayr Shyppars sig. li Sweyt & pyteabyl as the beyr, deyr and precyows as the olyphant.

2. Arousing or apt to arouse pity; deserving pity; moving, affecting. Cf. pitiful adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [adjective]

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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective] > lamentable

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c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 173 It is nat to thinke that so many turmentid corages and vois moost piteable, the whiche as in dispaire addressen theire kryes and playnynge to heuyn, but that they shulde meeue to pitee the clemence of the moost mercyfull and allmighty Creatore.

1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xxx. 114 Thees pytoyable thynges thus y-happed.

1586 in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) IV. 142 The auditory did find her case not pitoyable, and her allegations untrue.

1681 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. I iv. 266 In Condescension to this pitiable Infirmity of his sinful Creatures [etc.].

1688 Vox Cleri Pro Rege 22 The Case is truly pityable.

1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! I. 352 That [sisterhood] of the Theresians is reckoned the poorest and most pitiable.

1816 J. Austen Emma II. ii. 31 In that case, nothing could be more pitiable or more honourable than the sacrifices she had resolved on.

1879 M. E. Braddon Cloven Foot I. i. 32 I..found him in a pitiable condition.

1927 V. Woolf To Lighthouse i. xvii. 128 He is not in the least pitiable. He has his work.

1995 Abilities Spring 2/2 Messages depicting people with disabilities as cute poster children, heroic athletes, or especially most recently, pitiable cripples.

3. Very small, poor, or meagre; inadequate, insignificant; despicable, contemptible. Cf. pitiful adj. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective] > contemptible

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1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. xxi. 221 Sir Charles Grandison, politely as he behaves to us all, thinks us women in general very pitiable creatures.

1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 353 For this pitiable exhibition, ships cut in paper, and saints carved in wood, we paid half a guinea each.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 511 That great party..had now dwindled to a pitiable minority.

1891 Speaker 11 July 36/1 The pitiable display of short-sighted greed over the Factory Bill.

1934 J. B. Priestley Eng. Journey viii. 274 A pitiable record of his stupidity and greed and selfishness.

1996 Guardian 23 Feb. (Friday Review section) 8/1 Early Blur was considered a pitiable imitation of Lush.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	pitiable
释义	pitiableadj. Brit. /ˈpɪtɪəbl/, U.S. /ˈpɪdiəb(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English pytoyable, late Middle English–1500s piteable, 1500s pitoyable, 1500s pittiable, 1500s pyteabyl, 1500s– pitiable, 1600s pytyable, 1600s–1700s pityable; Scottish pre-1700 piteable, pre-1700 pyteabill, pre-1700 1700s– pitiable. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French piteable, pitiable. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French piteable, Middle French pitiable (French pitoyable : see note) compassionate (first half of the 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman), arousing pity (13th cent. in Old French as piteauble ) < pite , pitie pity n. + -able -able suffix. Compare earlier piteous adj., pitiful adj.In form pytoyable after Middle French pitoyable (1485; also as pitoiable ; French pitoyable ), variant of piteable (compare Old French, Middle French, French apitoyer beside Old French, Middle French, French†apitier : see pity v.). †1. Full of pity, compassionate; = pitiful adj. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] pitifulc1350 pitiablea1475 yearninga1704 a1475 ( S. Scrope tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Bodl. 943) (1999) 24 It longith not to kingis ne to princes to yeue lordschip ne power bot to piteable peple, and so he schalle loue thaym as the fader doth good childre. 1487 Thewis Gud Women (St. John's Cambr.) l. 137 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 89 Be euir of pure folk pyteabill. 1503 tr. Kalendayr Shyppars sig. li Sweyt & pyteabyl as the beyr, deyr and precyows as the olyphant. 2. Arousing or apt to arouse pity; deserving pity; moving, affecting. Cf. pitiful adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [adjective] armlyeOE unseelyOE rulyOE ruefulc1225 ruthfulc1225 sorryc1225 piteousc1300 poorc1300 ruthlyc1300 pietousa1393 pitifulc1450 lamentablec1460 miserable?a1475 pitiablec1475 execrable1490 plainful1555 tristsum1567 passionatea1586 touchinga1586 pathetic1591 melting1593 remorseful?1615 compassionate1630 compassionable1635 ruesome1833 po'1866 little-boy-lost1957 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective] > lamentable ruefulc1225 pietousa1393 weepablec1449 pitifulc1450 lamentablec1460 pitiablec1475 implorable1535 moanworthy1540 wailfula1547 wailsome1566 tristsum1567 moanful1573 souspirable1594 bemoanable1611 bewailable1611 deplorable1612 criminal1792 c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 173 It is nat to thinke that so many turmentid corages and vois moost piteable, the whiche as in dispaire addressen theire kryes and playnynge to heuyn, but that they shulde meeue to pitee the clemence of the moost mercyfull and allmighty Creatore. 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xxx. 114 Thees pytoyable thynges thus y-happed. 1586 in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) IV. 142 The auditory did find her case not pitoyable, and her allegations untrue. 1681 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. I iv. 266 In Condescension to this pitiable Infirmity of his sinful Creatures [etc.]. 1688 Vox Cleri Pro Rege 22 The Case is truly pityable. 1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! I. 352 That [sisterhood] of the Theresians is reckoned the poorest and most pitiable. 1816 J. Austen Emma II. ii. 31 In that case, nothing could be more pitiable or more honourable than the sacrifices she had resolved on. View more context for this quotation 1879 M. E. Braddon Cloven Foot I. i. 32 I..found him in a pitiable condition. 1927 V. Woolf To Lighthouse i. xvii. 128 He is not in the least pitiable. He has his work. 1995 Abilities Spring 2/2 Messages depicting people with disabilities as cute poster children, heroic athletes, or especially most recently, pitiable cripples. 3. Very small, poor, or meagre; inadequate, insignificant; despicable, contemptible. Cf. pitiful adj. 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective] > contemptible unworthc893 unwrastc893 littleOE narrow-hearteda1200 wretcha1200 unworthya1240 wretchedc1250 un-i-wrastc1275 bad1276 lechera1300 feeblea1325 despisablea1340 villain1340 contemptiblec1384 lousyc1386 caitiff1393 brothelyc1400 roinousa1425 poor1425 sevenpennyc1475 nasty1477 peakish1519 filthy1533 despectuous1541 beggary1542 scald1542 shitten?1545 disdainfula1547 contemptuous1549 despicable1553 skit-brained?1553 contemniblea1555 vile1560 sluttish1561 queer1567 scornful1570 scallardc1575 tinkerly?1576 worthless1576 beggarly?1577 paltry1578 halfpenny1579 dog bolt1580 pitiful1582 sneaking1582 triobolar1585 wormisha1586 baddy1586 dudgeon1592 measled1596 packstaff1598 roguey1598 roguish1601 contemptful1608 grovelling1608 lightly1608 disdainable1611 purulent1611 snotty-nose1622 vilipendious1630 cittern-headed1638 wormy1640 pissabed1643 triobolary1644 disparageable1648 blue-bellied1652 unestimable1656 scullion1658 piteous1667 dirty1670 shabbed1674 shabby1679 snotty1681 snotty-nosed1682 mucky1683 bollocky1694 scoundrel1700 scaldeda1704 sneaking1703 ficulnean1716 unsolid1731 pitiable1753 scrubby1754 inimitable1798 scrubbish1798 worm-likea1807 small1824 lowlife1827 ketty1828 skunkish1831 yellow-bellied1833 scaly1843 cockroachya1845 wutless1853 nigger1859 trashy1862 low-down1872 cruddy1877 shitty1879 tinhorn1886 blithering1889 motherfucking1890 snidey1890 pilgarlicky1894 shitass1895 shoddy1918 yah boo1921 bitching1929 shit-faced1932 turdish1936 fricking1937 jerk-off1937 chickenshit1940 sheg-up1941 snot-nosed1941 jerky1944 mother-loving1948 scroungy1948 fecking1952 pissant1952 shit-kicking1953 shit-eating1956 bumboclaat1957 rassclaat1957 shit-headed1959 farkakte1960 shithouse1966 daggy1967 dipshit1968 scuzzy1969 bloodclaat1971 bitch ass1972 wanky1972 streelish1974 twatty1975 twattish1976 dweeby1988 douchey1991 wank1991 cockish1996 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. xxi. 221 Sir Charles Grandison, politely as he behaves to us all, thinks us women in general very pitiable creatures. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 353 For this pitiable exhibition, ships cut in paper, and saints carved in wood, we paid half a guinea each. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 511 That great party..had now dwindled to a pitiable minority. 1891 Speaker 11 July 36/1 The pitiable display of short-sighted greed over the Factory Bill. 1934 J. B. Priestley Eng. Journey viii. 274 A pitiable record of his stupidity and greed and selfishness. 1996 Guardian 23 Feb. (Friday Review section) 8/1 Early Blur was considered a pitiable imitation of Lush. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1475
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