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piti·ful \ˈpid.]ēfəl, -it], ]əf-\ adjective (sometimes pitifuller sometimes pitifullest) Etymology: Middle English petefull, from pete, pite, pitie pity + -full, -ful -ful — more at pity 1. a. : deserving or arousing pity : exciting or being such as to excite compassion < one of those pitiful refugees of which Europe was full — Upton Sinclair > b. : deserving or arousing contemptuous commiseration or pitying contempt : contemptible < the pitiful wage scale — H.S.Truman > 2. archaic : full of pity : compassionate, merciful < be pitiful to my great woe — John Keats > |