Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: pippin – pitying
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pippin, n. [ME < OFr pepin, seed of a fleshy fruit.] (webplay: apple).
Tart apple; piece of fruit.
pirate, n. [L. pīrāta < Gk πειρ ν, attempt, attack.] (webplay: sea).
Robber; plunderer; thief; freebooter; marauder.
pirouette, n. [Fr. pirouette, spinning top, child's whirligig, pirouette in dancing or riding.] (webplay: dance, toes).
Twirl; whirl; dance step; act of spinning on the tip of the toes.
pit, n. [OE pytt < L. puteus, well, pit, shaft.]
Abyss; chasm; gaping gulf; trap; deep opening in the ground; concealed hole created to trap animals; [fig.] death.
pitiful, adj. [see pity, n.]
Miserable; hapless; mournful; lamentable; pathetic.
pitiful, adv. [see pity, n.]
Shamefully; miserably.
pittance (-s), n. [ME < OFr < L. pietās, dutifulness, piety.]
- Little bit; limited ration; insubstantial portion; small daily food allowance.
- Debt; price; payment; portion; share.
pity, n. [ME < OFr < L. pietās, dutifulness, piety.] (webplay: children, fear, painful, poor).
- Empathy; sensitivity to another's affliction; perception of suffering; awareness of pain; desire to relieve another's misery. (496/364, 588/394)
- Condescending compassion; patronizing sympathy. (229/289, 496/364)
- Unfortunate circumstance; regrettable fact; lamentable but unchangeable problem.
- [Fig.] mourning; grief; sorrow; tears of those bereaved.
pity (pitied), v. [see pity, n.] (webplay: children, old, regretted, unhappiness).
Feel sorry for; experience sadness for; feel sorrow in behalf of.
pitying, adj. [see pity, n.]
Compassionate; kindly; benevolent; concerned; sympathetic; tender-hearted.