lament
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French lamenter, from Latin lāmentor (“I wail, weep”), from lāmenta (“wailings, laments, moanings”); with formative -mentum, from the root *la-, seen also in latrare.
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[edit] Noun
lament (plural laments)
[edit] Derived terms
- lamentful (rare)
[edit] Translations
expression of grief, suffering, or sadness
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song expressing grief
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[edit] Verb
lament (third-person singular simple present laments, present participle lamenting, simple past and past participle lamented)
- (intransitive) To express grief.
- (transitive) To bewail.
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Translations
express grief
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bewail
[edit] Related terms
[edit] External links
- lament in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- lament in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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[edit] Verb
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