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full of or expressing pity: a pitying look.
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pity (ˈpɪtɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl pities | |
| 1. | sympathy or sorrow felt for the sufferings of another |
| 2. | have pity on, take pity on to have sympathy or show mercy for |
| 3. | something that causes regret or pity |
| 4. | an unfortunate chance: what a pity you can't come |
| 5. | more's the pity it is highly regrettable (that) |
| —vb , pities, pities, pitying, pitied | |
| 6. | (tr) to feel pity for |
| [C13: from Old French pité, from Latin pietās duty] | |
| 'pitying | |
| —adj | |
| 'pityingly | |
| —adv | |
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is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
pity
early 13c., from O.Fr. pite, pitet (11c., Mod.Fr. pitié), from L. pietatem (nom. pietas) "piety, affection, duty," in L.L. "gentleness, kindness, pity," from pius (see pious). Replaced O.E. mildheortness, lit. "mild-heartness," itself a loan-translation of L. misericordia.
English pity and piety were not fully distinguished until 17c. The verb meaning "to feel pity for" is attested from 1520s. Pitiful is c.1300 in sense of "compassionate" (implied in pitifully); mid-15c. in sense of "exciting or deserving pity;" 1580s in sense of "mean, wretched, contemptible."
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