piteous

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Provoking pity, compassion, or sympathy.
    — […] with his strong arms He fastened on my neck, and bellowed out As he’d burst heaven; threw him on my father; Told the most piteous tale of Lear and him That ever ear receiv’d;
  2. Showing devotion to God. obsolete
    — For the Lord kan delyuere piteuouse men fro temptacioun, and kepe wickid men in to the dai of dom to be turmentid;
  3. Showing compassion. obsolete
    — Thine eye begins to speak; set thy tongue there; Or in thy piteous heart plant thou thine ear; That hearing how our plaints and prayers do pierce, Pity may move thee ‘pardon’ to rehearse.
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  4. Of little importance or value. obsolete
    — […] calling to minde with heed Part of our Sentence, that thy Seed shall bruise The Serpents head; piteous amends, unless Be meant, whom I conjecture, our grand Foe Satan,

词形变化

more piteous comparative most piteous superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
piteousness unpiteous
相关词
dispiteous impiteous piteously pitiable pitiful pitisome

词源

From Middle English pitous, from Old French piteus, pitus.
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