What does "pitiable" mean?
Pitiable: Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness. See Piteous. -- Pit"i*a*ble*ness, n. -- Pit"i*a*bly, adv.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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