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English
Etymology
From pity + -some.
Adjective
pitisome (comparative more pitisome, superlative most pitisome)
- Characterised or marked by pitifulness; piteous
- Synonyms: pitiful, saddening; see also Thesaurus:lamentable
1856, The Night Watch: Or, Social Life in the South, page 344:Lor', Miss Moggy, you'd think dat man had been married all de days of his life time, he look so lonesome and pitisome like.
1923, O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories, page 246:For a day he did scant else but enhowl himself to a pitisome hoarseness.
2006, Pat Mattaini Mestern, No Choice But Freedom:“Perhaps, Husband, the division by classes will have no place in this country. That would be pitisome, for it has taken centuries to form our traditions.”
2013, Clancy Sigal, Weekend in Dinlock:Davie is loud with pitisome self-justification.
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