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pitiable

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɪti.əbəl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted abeiilptStarts with PEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. inspiring mixed contempt and pity

Word origin

From Middle French [Term?], from Old French piteable. By surface analysis, pity + -able.

Used in a sentence

  • Mr Poyser had no reason to be ashamed of his leg, and suspected that the growing abuse of top-boots and other fashions tending to disguise the nether limbs, had their origin in a pitiable degeneracy of the human calf.
  • Fatigued by riding on horseback, bedevilled and begrimed by the ride on manback, he presented a pitiable spectacle, and went on his way to Naples in sad plight.

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