Bible Dictionaries
Piteous
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Pious; devout.
(2):
(a.) Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case.
(3):
(a.) Paltry; mean; pitiful.
(4):
(a.) Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Piteous'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/piteous.html. 1828.