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lamentation
- /ˌlæm.ənˈteɪ.ʃən/ UK, US
- /ˌlæm.ɪnˈteɪ.ʃən/ UK, US
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
Recorded since 1375, from Middle English lamentacioun, from Middle French lamentation and its etymon Latin lāmentātiō (“wailing, moaning, weeping”), from the deponent verb lāmentor, from lāmentum (“wail; wailing”), itself from a Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to howl”), presumed ultimately imitative. Replaced Old English cwiþan. By surface analysis, lament + -ation.
noun lamentations
- The act of lamenting. About John Marin, there move sad, disgruntled beings, full of talk and lamentations. [...] They bewail the fact that in America, soil is poor and unconducive to growth, and men remain unmoved by growing green. But Marin persists, and what ebullience and good humour, in the rocky ungentle loam?
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A sorrowful cry; a lament.
Opposite: jubilation
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Specifically, mourning.
Opposite: celebration
- lamentatio, (part of) a liturgical Bible text (from the book of Job) and its musical settings, usually in the plural; hence, any dirge
- A group of swans.
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Talk about this word "lamentation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lamentation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. lamentation. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lamentation "lamentation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lamentation.Cite this
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