dispiteous

English

Etymology

Variant of despiteous, later reanalysed as dis- +‎ piteous.

Adjective

dispiteous (comparative more dispiteous, superlative most dispiteous)

  1. Without mercy or pity; pitiless, cruel.
    • 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
      “The unerring owls have hooted. The dispiteous and humorous gods have spoken.”

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