Definition of Pitiableness

1. Noun. The quality of being pitiable. ¹

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Definition of Pitiableness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pitiableness

pithinesses
pithing
pithivier
pithiviers
pithless
pithlike
pithode
pithogues
pithoi
pithos
piths
pithsome
pithy
pitiable
pitiableness (current term)
pitiablenesses
pitiably
pitiamide
pitied
pitier
pitiers
pities
pitiful
pitifull
pitifuller
pitifullest
pitifully
pitifulness
pitifulnesses

Literary usage of Pitiableness

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

1. Latter struggles in the journey of life; or, The afternoon of my days by George Miller (1833)
"pitiableness of my situation at that tune. —Northern routes continued.—The two new, or supernumerary labourers, when, and where, ..."

2. The Art of the Novelist by Henry Burrowes Lathrop (1919)
"mysteries of humanity, but by its profound pitiableness—a pitiableness found everywhere, in the virtuous and the sinful, in the prosperous as well as in the ..."

3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"Only the pitiableness of it," he said, absently. "It is merely tlie old story. When you see three jackdaws flying along together in spring-time you know ..."

4. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1894)
"... situation is the soul which, with advancing education, shall first appreciate its pitiableness. Amusement is only an antechamber to pity and sacrifice. ..."

5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1877)
"... while it seems to prove man's greatness, in reality, according to Pascal, proves his littleness and pitiableness. It might be well, in a religious way, ..."

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