Mount of Pityn.

Brit.

/ˌmaʊnt əv ˈpɪti/, U.S.

/ˌmaʊn(t) ə(v) ˈpɪdi/

Forms: 1700s Mount Pity, 1800s– Mount of Pity.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymons: mount n.¹, of prep., pity n.

Etymology: < mount n.¹ + of prep. + pity n., after Italian monte di pietà Monte di Pietà n. Compare Monte di Pietà n., Mont de Piété n., Mount of Piety n. Compare Middle French mon de pitié (1584), variant of mont de piété.For the relationship between the words piety and pity , see discussion s.v. pity n.

= Mount of Piety n.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > loan-shop

mountain of piety1617

loan-house1622

Mount of Pietya1630

Monte di Pietà1654

loan-bank1662

loan-office1720

Mount of Pity1792

lending-house1797

Mont de Piété1840

loan-shop1849

1792 T. Holcroft Anna St. Ives II. xxi. 152 I had no money. I owed a fellow servant a guinea and a half, which I had borrowed to buy shirts and stockings. And those you have made away with? Not all. I was obliged to take some of them to Mount Pity.

1871 Ladies' Repository 7 92/1 I have just returned from the Monte di Pietà. It is a Mount of Pity that will blind your eyes as you pass through it.

1971 Guardian 16 Aug. 2/8 Rome's ‘Monte di Pieta’, the municipal pawnshop... The ‘Mount of Pity’ extracts a high interest rate.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mount of pity
释义	Mount of Pityn. Brit. /ˌmaʊnt əv ˈpɪti/, U.S. /ˌmaʊn(t) ə(v) ˈpɪdi/ Forms: 1700s Mount Pity, 1800s– Mount of Pity. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymons: mount n.¹, of prep., pity n. Etymology: < mount n.¹ + of prep. + pity n., after Italian monte di pietà Monte di Pietà n. Compare Monte di Pietà n., Mont de Piété n., Mount of Piety n. Compare Middle French mon de pitié (1584), variant of mont de piété.For the relationship between the words piety and pity , see discussion s.v. pity n. = Mount of Piety n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > loan-shop mountain of piety1617 loan-house1622 Mount of Pietya1630 Monte di Pietà1654 loan-bank1662 loan-office1720 Mount of Pity1792 lending-house1797 Mont de Piété1840 loan-shop1849 1792 T. Holcroft Anna St. Ives II. xxi. 152 I had no money. I owed a fellow servant a guinea and a half, which I had borrowed to buy shirts and stockings. And those you have made away with? Not all. I was obliged to take some of them to Mount Pity. 1871 Ladies' Repository 7 92/1 I have just returned from the Monte di Pietà. It is a Mount of Pity that will blind your eyes as you pass through it. 1971 Guardian 16 Aug. 2/8 Rome's ‘Monte di Pieta’, the municipal pawnshop... The ‘Mount of Pity’ extracts a high interest rate. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1792
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