lack-pity

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word lack-pity. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word lack-pity, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say lack-pity in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word lack-pity you have here. The definition of the word lack-pity will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oflack-pity, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

From lack +‎ pity.

Adjective

lack-pity (comparative more lack-pity, superlative most lack-pity)

  1. merciless; pitiless
    • 1881, Christina Rossetti, “An Old-World Thicket”, in A Pageant and Other Poems, page 122:
      Each sore defeat of my defeated life / Faced and outfaced me in that bitter hour; / And turned to yearning palsy all my power, / And all my peace to strife, / Self stabbing self with keen lack-pity knife.