单词 | pitied |
释义 | pitiedadj. That deserves or evokes pity; lamented, grieved over. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [adjective] > pitied pitied1562 1562 A. Golding in tr. Briefe Treat. Burnynge Bucer & Phagius To Rdr. sig. .iii To ouerpasse the rest, (againste whom, theyr causeles pitied state bids sparelye to speake). c1600 G. Chapman Charlemagne (1920) v. i. 92 I lament that suche another pyttied foole as I should be amongst the liveinge. 1685 A. Behn Paraphrase Lords Prayer in Misc. 197 A pitied Object of thy Grace and Love. 1728 E. Haywood tr. M.-A. de Gomez Belle Assemblée (1732) II. 214 A dishonourable Affair, in which his Glory, and at last his Life fell a necessary, but much pitied Sacrifice. 1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. i. 1 Led, through prouder eminence, to less pitied destruction. 1879 J. G. Holland Compl. Poet. Writings 60 A pitied child That begs its bread from door to door is blest. 1943 J. K. Folsom Family & Democratic Society ii. 76 Among the Plains Indians, Trobrianders, and others, age is a pitied rather than a highly respected status. 1990 J. L. Gould To Lead as Equals vi. 133 They transformed themselves from a pitied or scorned group into an autonomous political subject. DerivativesΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [adverb] rulyeOE ruefullyc1225 ruthfullyc1225 piteouslyc1300 miserably?a1425 piteousc1425 pitifullyc1450 pietously1474 touchingly?1507 lamentably1585 pitiful1600 pitiedly1661 meltingly1680 pitiably1688 pathetic1724 pathetically1740 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 281 He is properly and pittiedly to be counted alone that is illiterate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1562 |
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