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pitisome en · ADJ

Etymology

From pity + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised or marked by pitifulness; piteous
   • Davie is loud with pitisome self-justification. 2013, Clancy Sigal, Weekend in Dinlock:
   • For a day he did scant else but enhowl himself to a pitisome hoarseness. 1923, O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories, page 246:
   • “Perhaps, Husband, the division by classes will have no place in this country. That would be pitisome, for it has taken centuries to form our traditions.” 2006, Pat Mattaini Mestern, No Choice But Freedom:
   • Lor', Miss Moggy, you'd think dat man had been married all de days of his life time, he look so lonesome and pitisome like. 1856, The Night Watch: Or, Social Life in the South, page 344:

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Synonyms

pathetic · pitiful · sorry-ass · pitiful · compassionate · piteous · pitisome · sad · snivelly · ruthful · poor · pathetic · pitiable · pathetisad · rueful · ruthful