A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pietuo(u)s, a. Also: pyet- and -uus, -uis. [Cf. Pietous a., also Petuo(u)s a., Pituous a.] a. Deserving pity; lamentable. = Petuo(u)s a. 1. b. Compassionate. = Petuo(u)s a. 2. c. Pious; of piety. Cf. Petuo(u)s a. 3. —1525 St. A. Formulare I. 268.
The pietuos … complaint that passis oure all the reaulme 1531 Bell. Boece II. 109.
Askand mercy with pietuus teris Ib. 116.
Pietuis 1513 Doug. xi. iv. 20 (Ruddim.).
Pyetuous —1533 Bell. Livy I. 18/14.
This hird movit be pietuous commiseracioun brocht hame thir barnis —1531 Bell. Boece I. cx.
How of kirkis the superflew rent … makis preistis more sleuthfull than fervent In pietuus werkis and devotion
