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lament.

An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ləˈmɛnt/UK, US
  1. An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.

  2. A song expressing grief.

Where this word 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.

verb/ləˈmɛnt/UK, US
  1. To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.

    intransitive
  2. To express great sorrow or regret over; to bewail.

    transitive
Where this word 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.

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