pietousadj.

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪᵻtəs/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪədəs/

Forms: Middle English pietows, Middle English pietus, Middle English pyetous, Middle English–1500s pietous, 1500s pietious, 1500s pietouse, 1900s– piêtous; Scottish pre-1700 pieteous, pre-1700 pietious, pre-1700 pietius, pre-1700 pietous, pre-1700 pietuous.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French pietus, pitous, piteus.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman pietus, also pitous, variants of piteus (see piteous adj.); compare -ous suffix. Compare later pietose adj.In Middle English apparently of three syllables pi-et-ous , but in Older Scots of either two syllables pit-ous or three syllables piet-e-ous ; compare piteous adv.

Now rare (archaic and poetic).

Merciful, full of pity; deserving or inspiring pity; = piteous adj. 1, 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > pitying or compassionate

ruefulc1225

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piteousc1300

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compassionable1548

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miserable1584

compassionate1587

pitying1589

eleemosynous?1590

humane1603

compassionful1604

remorsive1606

remorseful1610

compassive1612

yearnful1633

the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [adjective]

armlyeOE

unseelyOE

rulyOE

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ruthfulc1225

sorryc1225

piteousc1300

poorc1300

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miserable?a1475

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execrable1490

plainful1555

tristsum1567

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touchinga1586

pathetic1591

melting1593

remorseful?1615

compassionate1630

compassionable1635

ruesome1833

po'1866

little-boy-lost1957

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective] > lamentable

ruefulc1225

pietousa1393

weepablec1449

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lamentablec1460

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moanful1573

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bemoanable1611

bewailable1611

deplorable1612

criminal1792

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 3159 (MED) Wher a king is Pietous [v.rr. pitous, piteous, piteuous], He is the more gracious.

a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iii. 1444 As thoughte hym tho, for pietous [v.rr. piteous, pitous] distresse.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. vii. 17 Fiers to his enemyes, pyetous to them that be vainquisshed.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos ii. 15 It were a thynge inhumayne to beholde theym wythoute pyte, but yet more pyetous to telle it lyke as it was doon in dede.

1553 (a1522) G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis ix. f. ccxxxv^v With hyr pietuous [a1522 peteus], woful complantis sare The heuinnys all, scho fyllit and the are.

1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 36 With voice full pietious.

1571 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxviii. 14 Ane pieteous spreit appeirit to my thocht.

1920 A. Huxley Leda 13 Piêtous Aphrodite wept.

Derivatives

† pietously adv. Obsolete piteously; with pity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > [adverb]

rulyeOE

piteouslyc1390

pitifullya1400

pietously1474

ruthfullya1560

compassionately1611

pityingly1794

the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [adverb]

rulyeOE

ruefullyc1225

ruthfullyc1225

piteouslyc1300

miserably?a1425

piteousc1425

pitifullyc1450

pietously1474

touchingly?1507

lamentably1585

pitiful1600

pitiedly1661

meltingly1680

pitiably1688

pathetic1724

pathetically1740

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adverb] > lamentably

ruthfullyc1225

tooc1275

piteouslyc1300

pitifullyc1450

pietously1474

wretchedly1546

lamentably1585

deplorably1653

sadly1655

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. v. 64 Thou emperour gouerne the peple pietously.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxii. 473 The four sones of aymon..that so many tymes have praied for it humbly & full pyetously.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pietous
释义	pietousadj. Brit. /ˈpʌɪᵻtəs/, U.S. /ˈpaɪədəs/ Forms: Middle English pietows, Middle English pietus, Middle English pyetous, Middle English–1500s pietous, 1500s pietious, 1500s pietouse, 1900s– piêtous; Scottish pre-1700 pieteous, pre-1700 pietious, pre-1700 pietius, pre-1700 pietous, pre-1700 pietuous. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French pietus, pitous, piteus. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman pietus, also pitous, variants of piteus (see piteous adj.); compare -ous suffix. Compare later pietose adj.In Middle English apparently of three syllables pi-et-ous , but in Older Scots of either two syllables pit-ous or three syllables piet-e-ous ; compare piteous adv. Now rare (archaic and poetic). Merciful, full of pity; deserving or inspiring pity; = piteous adj. 1, 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > pitying or compassionate ruefulc1225 ruthfulc1225 piteousc1300 pietousa1393 rueinga1400 piec1429 compassionable1548 compassioned?1578 miserable1584 compassionate1587 pitying1589 eleemosynous?1590 humane1603 compassionful1604 remorsive1606 remorseful1610 compassive1612 yearnful1633 the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [adjective] armlyeOE unseelyOE rulyOE ruefulc1225 ruthfulc1225 sorryc1225 piteousc1300 poorc1300 ruthlyc1300 pietousa1393 pitifulc1450 lamentablec1460 miserable?a1475 pitiablec1475 execrable1490 plainful1555 tristsum1567 passionatea1586 touchinga1586 pathetic1591 melting1593 remorseful?1615 compassionate1630 compassionable1635 ruesome1833 po'1866 little-boy-lost1957 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective] > lamentable ruefulc1225 pietousa1393 weepablec1449 pitifulc1450 lamentablec1460 pitiablec1475 implorable1535 moanworthy1540 wailfula1547 wailsome1566 tristsum1567 moanful1573 souspirable1594 bemoanable1611 bewailable1611 deplorable1612 criminal1792 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 3159 (MED) Wher a king is Pietous [v.rr. pitous, piteous, piteuous], He is the more gracious. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iii. 1444 As thoughte hym tho, for pietous [v.rr. piteous, pitous] distresse. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. vii. 17 Fiers to his enemyes, pyetous to them that be vainquisshed. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos ii. 15 It were a thynge inhumayne to beholde theym wythoute pyte, but yet more pyetous to telle it lyke as it was doon in dede. 1553 (a1522) G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis ix. f. ccxxxv^v With hyr pietuous [a1522 peteus], woful complantis sare The heuinnys all, scho fyllit and the are. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 36 With voice full pietious. 1571 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxviii. 14 Ane pieteous spreit appeirit to my thocht. 1920 A. Huxley Leda 13 Piêtous Aphrodite wept. Derivatives † pietously adv. Obsolete piteously; with pity. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [adverb] rulyeOE piteouslyc1390 pitifullya1400 pietously1474 ruthfullya1560 compassionately1611 pityingly1794 the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [adverb] rulyeOE ruefullyc1225 ruthfullyc1225 piteouslyc1300 miserably?a1425 piteousc1425 pitifullyc1450 pietously1474 touchingly?1507 lamentably1585 pitiful1600 pitiedly1661 meltingly1680 pitiably1688 pathetic1724 pathetically1740 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adverb] > lamentably ruthfullyc1225 tooc1275 piteouslyc1300 pitifullyc1450 pietously1474 wretchedly1546 lamentably1585 deplorably1653 sadly1655 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. v. 64 Thou emperour gouerne the peple pietously. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxii. 473 The four sones of aymon..that so many tymes have praied for it humbly & full pyetously. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1393
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