impitoyable
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of impitoyable
First recorded in 1810–20; from French: literally, “pitiless,” equivalent to im- + pitoyable “pitiful”; im- 2 ( def. ), pitiable
Example Sentences
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Les Spartiates, qui étaient tombés aux Thermopyles pour défendre les terres de la liberté, avaient preparé au flot impitoyable au despotisme la défaite de Salamis.
From Project Gutenberg
“Chat et vieux, pardonnez?” said my uncle, quoting 190 from La Fontaine; and then, opening a pale-blue eye full on Alain, he delivered with some emphasis: “La jeunesse se flatte et croit tout obtenir; La vieillesse est impitoyable.”
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Palsgrave, en vingt endroits, tombe avec une roideur impitoyable sur les pauvres imprimeurs fran�ais: �Telle �st l'ignorance de ces imprimeurs, qui ne connaissent pas leur propre langue.�
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Estelle hier encor brillait dans nos hameaux, Et l'amour attirait les bergers sur ses traces; De la mort, aujourd'hui, I'impitoyable faulx A moissonn� sa jeunesse et ses graces.
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The realisme impitoyable which good critics find in a most characteristic part of the literature of the nineteenth century, is to be found also in its politics.
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