Definition of Pitiers

1. Noun. (plural of pitier) ¹

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Definition of Pitiers

1. pitier [n] - See also: pitier

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pitiers

pithode
pithogues
pithoi
pithos
piths
pithsome
pithy
pitiable
pitiableness
pitiablenesses
pitiably
pitiamide
pitied
pitier
pitiers (current term)
pities
pitiful
pitifull
pitifuller
pitifullest
pitifully
pitifulness
pitifulnesses
pitiless
pitilessly
pitilessness
pitilessnesses
pitis
pitlane

Literary usage of Pitiers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of Doctor Burney by Fanny Burney (1832)
"Sometimes, nevertheless, when he was hard beset by gibes and jeers at his loss of sport; or by a chorus of mock pitiers shouting out, " Poor Crisp! poor ..."

2. Our Home Or, the Key to a Nobler Life by Charles Edward Sargent (1890)
"The pitiers are represented by the sentimentalists, who speak in touching generalities about the sufferings of humanity; the helpers, by the asylums and ..."

3. The Conduct of Life by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1904)
"... who make their own invitation to your hearth; the persevering talker, who gives you his society in large saturating doses ; the pitiers of themselves, ..."

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