PITHLESS
Pith"less, a.
Defn: Destitute of pith, or of strength; feeble. Dryden. "Pithless argumentation." Glandstone.
PIT-HOLE
Pit"-hole`, n.
Defn: A pit; a pockmark.
PITHSOME
Pith"some, a.
Defn: Pithy; robust. [R.] "Pithsome health and vigor." R. D.
Blackmore.
PITHY
Pith"y, a. [Compar. Pithier; superl. Pithiest.]
1. Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith; as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit.
2. Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent. This pithy speech prevailed, and all agreed. Dryden. In all these Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy. Addison. Pithy gall (Zoöl.), a large, rough, furrowed, oblong gall, formed on blackberry canes by a small gallfly (Diastrophus nebulosus).
PITIABLE
Pit"i*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. pitiable, F. pitoyable.]