Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lack-pity

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables: lack--pi-ty
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

merciless; pitiless

Example Sentences

"Each sore defeat of my defeated life / Faced and outfaced me in that bitter hour; / And turned to yearning palsy all my power, / And all my peace to strife, / Self stabbing self with keen lack-pity knife."

Etymology

From lack + pity.

Inflected Forms

more lack-pity (comparative) most lack-pity (superlative)

Questions

What does lack-pity mean?: merciless; pitiless
Where does lack-pity come from?: From lack + pity.

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