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lament(2)(dictionary)
lament 1, verb(dictionary)
lament 2, noun(dictionary)

lament(1) (iou)



lament noun. M16.
[Latin lamenta (pl.) wailing, weeping, groans, laments, or from the verb.]
An (esp. passionate) expression of sorrow or anguish. Also poet. lamentation. M16.
Milton A voice of weeping heard, and loud lament. H. Spurling The book is full of laments for the damage done by 'telephones and newspapers and bicycles'.
A poem or song of grief, an elegy; esp. a dirge performed at a death or funeral. L17.
D. Stewart Solemn and melancholy airs or Laments as they call them.