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lament

la·ment

UK/ləˈmɛnt/ US/lʌˈmɛnt/ uncommon
verb (2) noun (3)

verb

1.

express grief verbally

  • “we lamented the death of the child”
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2.

regret strongly

  • “I deplore this hostile action”
  • “we lamented the loss of benefits”
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noun

1.

a cry of sorrow and grief

  • “their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward”
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2.

a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

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3.

a mournful poem; a lament for the dead

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Origin

A back-formation from lamentation or else from Middle French lamenter and its etymon Latin lāmentor (“to wail, weep”), from lāmentum (“wailing, moaning, weeping”); with formative -mentum, from the root *la-, probably ultimately imitative. Also see latrare.

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  • be sad

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