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单词 unpity
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unpityn.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpɪti/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɪdi/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and pity n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: un- prefix1, pity n.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + pity n., in sense 1 after classical Latin impietās impiety n. Compare unpiteousness n., unpiteousty n.
Now rare.
1. Impiety, wickedness. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > impiety > [noun]
unbowingnessa1300
impietya1340
undevotionc1340
unpiteousnessa1382
unpiteoustya1382
unpityc1384
unkindnessa1400
undevoutnessc1450
indevotion1526
ungodliness1526
unpiety?1540
godlessness1553
devoutlessness1576
impiousness1599
afgodness1658
indevoutness1842
unblessedness1881
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. i. 18 The wraththe of God is schewid fro heuene vpon al vnpite [L. impietatem] and vnriȝtwisnesse.
?c1400 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Sidney Sussex) (1884) lxxii. 6 Vnpete [a1500 Univ. Oxf. 64 hilde thai er in wickidnes & in thaire impite].
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 62 Wam þu fynd wickid þu schall condempne of vnpite.
c1520 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1903) II. Rom. i. 18 For the ire of God is schewit fra heuen on al vnpitee [L. impietatem] and wickitnes of tha men that withhaldis the treuth of God in vnrichtwisnes.
2. Lack of pity; cruelty.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [noun]
unpiteousnessc1400
unruthc1425
unpity1447
inhumanity1477
unpitifulness1526
incompassionateness1621
incompassion1627
pitilessness1682
ruthlessness1777
dispiteousness1861
uncompassionateness1862
1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 2500 O cruel tyraunth, ful of vnpyte.
a1500 tr. A. Chartier Famylyer Dyaloge Freende & Felaw (Sion Coll. London) (1989) 16 Reemes perysche not by dethe only of men, for that that ys taken away by the vnpyte of man thorough theyre cruelte yn batayle.
1653 H. Whistler Aime at Up-shot Infant Baptisme Ep. Ded. sig. A3v For preservation of..freedom of holy Right herein, against Advances of Opposit unpitty.
1882 L. S. Bevington Poems, Lyrics, & Sonnets 128 Two things are evil in the universe—Perfidy, and unpity. These I curse.
1907 M. Sinclair Helpmate ii. xvii. 201 We pray for charity..lest, having known Thy love, we fall, ourselves, into the sins of unpity and of pride.
1972 P. Anderson There will be Time xiii. 150 The Maurai rule had always been mild, had never provoked our organised unpity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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