pit1er

[Eng. pity; -er.] One who pities or compa ionates. pit-1-fül, *pit-i-full, a. [Eng. pity; -ful ( l ).] 1. Full of pity, tender-hearted, compa ionate, tender, kind. "Be pitiful, dread lord, and grant it then." Shakesp.: Richard III., i. 3. 2. Exciting feelings of pity or compa ion; pitia ble, sad, lamentable; to be pitied, piteous. ""Tis strange,' observed the Solitary, 'strange It seems, and scarcely le than pitiful ." Words worth: Excursion, vi. significance; paltry, mean, insignificant, contempt3. To be pitied for its smallne , meanne , or inible. "I should be a pitiful lady!"-Shakesp.: Merry Wives, iii. 3. pitiful-hearted, adj . Compa ionate, tenderhearted. pit-i-fül-ly, adv. [Eng. pitiful; -ly.] 1. In a pitiful or pitying manner; with pity or compa ion. "As you are great, be pitifully good." Shakesp.: Timon , iii. 5. *2. In a pitiable manner, wretchedly, sadly, piteously; in a way or degree to excite pity or compa ion. "So they beat them pitifully ."-Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progre , i. 3. Contemptibly, paltrily. "Those men, who give themselves airs of bravery on reflecting upon the last scenes of others, may behave the most pitifully in their own." -Richardson : Clari a. pit-1-fül-ne , s. [English pitiful; -ne .] The quality or state of being pitiful. "Zelmane's valor in conquering, and pitifulne in pardoning."-Sidney: Arcadia. pit-i-le , *pit-ti-le e, a . [Eng. pity ; -le .] 1. Destitute of pity; unmoved by feelings of pity or compa ion; mercile , unfeeling, hard-hearted, applied both to persons and things. (Long fellow: Building of the Ship .) *2. Unpitied. ( Davies : Wittes Pilgrimage , sig. G. 1.) pit-1-le -ly, adv . [Eng. pitile ; -ly.] In a pitile manner, without pity, mercile ly. pit-1-le -ne , s. [Eng. pitile ; -ne .] The quality or state of being pitile ; mercile ne . pit-ka-rănd-ite, s. [After Pitkarand(a), Fin- land, where found; suff. -ite (Min.).] Min.: An altered pyroxene (q. v.). Occurs in pith'-le , a . [Eng. pith ; -le .] 1. Destitute of strength; weak; wanting strength: leek-green crystals, with fibrous structure. Analy- feeble. IMG:content-1150.png:[blocks in formation] "The pithy speech prevailed and all agreed."-Dryden. 2. Forcible, energetic; having concentrated force and energy; sententious. "In the concise and pithy style of his narration."_ Eustace: Italy, vol. iv. (Di .). 3. Using energetic and sententious language; as, a pithy writer.