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lamentable

la·men·table

UK/ləˈmɛn.tə.bəl/ US/ˈlæm.ən.tə.bəl/ rare

adjective

1.

an archaic word for mournful

  • “tell thou the lamentable tale of me, And send the hearers weeping to their beds” Shakespeare
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2.

bad; unfortunate

  • “my finances were in a deplorable state”
  • “a lamentable decision”
  • “her clothes were in sad shape”
  • “a sorry state of affairs”
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Origin

From Middle English lamentable, from Middle French lamentable, from Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”). By surface analysis, lament + -able.

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