This pithy speech prevailed, and all agreed.
Dryden.
In all these Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy.
Addison.
Pithy gall (Zoˆl.), a large, rough, furrowed, oblong gall, formed on
blackberry canes by a small gallfly (Diastrophus nebulosus).
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Pit"i*a*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. pitiable, F. pitoyable.] Deserving pity;
wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous;
as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.
Syn. -- Sorrowful; woeful; sad. See Piteous.
-- Pit"i*a*ble*ness, n. -- Pit"i*a*bly, adv.
Pit"i*er (?), n. One who pities. Gauden.
Pit"i*ful (?), a. 1. Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind;
merciful; sympathetic.
The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
James v. 11.