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pity
English
Alternative forms
- pittie, pitty, pitie (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English pitye, pitie, pittye, pitee, pite, from Anglo-Norman pité, pittee etc., from Old French pitet, pitié, from Latin piet?s. See also the doublets pietà and piety.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?ti/
- Rhymes: -?ti
Noun
pity (countable and uncountable, plural pities)
- (uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
- He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord.
- , Folio Society, 2006, p.5:
- The most usuall way to appease those minds we have offended […] is, by submission to move them to commiseration and pitty.
- (countable) Something regrettable.
- It was a thousand pities.
- What pity is it / That we can die but once to serve our country!
- (obsolete) Piety.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (mercy): ruth
- (something regrettable): shame
Translations
Verb
pity (third-person singular simple present pities, present participle pitying, simple past and past participle pitied)
- (transitive) To feel pity for (someone or something). [from 15th c.]
- Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
- (transitive, now regional) To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of. [from 16th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.11:
- She lenger yet is like captiv'd to bee; / That even to thinke thereof it inly pitties mee.
- a. 1681, Richard Allestree, Of Gods Method in giving Deliverance
- It pitieth them to see her in the dust.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.11:
Translations
Interjection
pity!
- Short form of what a pity.
Synonyms
- shame, what a pity, what a shame
Translations
Derived terms
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?p?t?]
Verb
pity
- inflection of pít:
- inanimate masculine plural passive participle
- feminine plural passive participle
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?it?/
Participle
pity
- past passive participle of pi?
Declension
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?i.t?/
Participle
pity
- masculine singular passive adjectival participle of pi?
Declension
Noun
pity f
- inflection of pita:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural
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jealousy
English
Etymology
From Middle English jalousie, from Old French jalousie, see jealous, -y. Doublet of jalousie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??l?si/
- Hyphenation: jeal?ous?y
Noun
jealousy (countable and uncountable, plural jealousies)
- (uncountable) A state of suspicious guarding towards a spouse, lover etc., from fears of infidelity.
- (countable) A resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold.
- 1907, Charles J. Archard, The Portland Peerage Romance:
- Jealousy was, however, aroused among the English nobility at the favouritism shown the Dutch newcomer.
- 1907, Charles J. Archard, The Portland Peerage Romance:
- Envy towards another's possessions
- 1891, Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne, translated by R. W. Phipps, Memoirs Of Napoleon Bonaparte:
- […] the jealousy of his foes of each other's share in the booty […].
- 1891, Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne, translated by R. W. Phipps, Memoirs Of Napoleon Bonaparte:
- (archaic) A close concern for someone or something, solicitude, vigilance.
Synonyms
- jealousness
Antonyms
- compersion
Related terms
- jealous (adjective)
- jealously (adverb)
- jalousie
- zealous
Translations
Further reading
- Jealousy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Jealousy in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
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