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lament
- /ləˈmɛnt/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ɛnt
Where it comes from
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.
noun laments
- An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.
- A song expressing grief.
verb laments · lamenting · lamented
- To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn. Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice.
- To express great sorrow or regret over; to bewail. Euston is so traditionally a part of the London scene that many will lament the passing of the old station when rebuilding is complete in readiness for the new electric service, which will probably be by multiple-units between Euston and Wolverhampton.
Similar: afterthink, becry, begrieve, bemoan, bemourn, bewail, beweep, condole, deplore, elegize, grieve, grieven
