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单词 pitied
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pitiedadj.

Brit. /ˈpɪtɪd/, U.S. /ˈpɪdid/
Forms: 1500s–1600s pittyed, 1500s– pitied, 1600s pitted (transmission error), 1600s pittied, 1600s pyttied, 1700s pityd.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pity v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < pity v. + -ed suffix1.
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.

Derivatives

pitiedly adv. Obsolete rare pitiably.
ΘΚΠ
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).
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