Piteous
Piteous , adjective
[Old English pitous, Old French pitos, French piteux. See Pity.]
1.
Pious; devout. [Obsolete]
The Lord can deliver piteous men from temptation.
2.
Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender.
[She] piteous of his case.
She was so charitable and so pitous.
3.
Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case.
The most piteous tale of Lear.
4.
Paltry; mean; pitiful.
Piteous amends.