lamentation
[lam-uh n-tey-shuh n]
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Origin of lamentation
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Contemporary Examples
But even as this book celebrates these women and their work, it is also a lamentation for a life on its way out.
Through the dark, cold winter, the walls on Muhammad Mahmoud erupted into huge images of celebration, lamentation, and commentary.
Historical Examples
Not contentment, but a lamentation and an ancient tale of wrong!
'Tis Sixty Years SinceCharles Francis Adams
The torment was far too racking for such futile fashion of lamentation.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
Did she not break into lamentation and woe that a brother should so demean himself?
The White CompanyArthur Conan Doyle
There shall be a sound of lamentation; lo, then we shall rest.
The Babylonian Legends of the CreationBritish Museum
Her voice had dropped from anger to lamentation, and her tears again overflowed.
The Greater InclinationEdith Wharton
lamentation
- a lament; expression of sorrow
- the act of lamenting
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Word Origin and History for lamentation
n.
late 14c., from Old French lamentacion and directly from Latin lamentationem (nominative lamentatio) "wailing, moaning, weeping," noun of action from past participle stem of lamentari "to wail, moan, weep, lament," from lamentum "a wailing," from PIE root *la- "to shout, cry," probably ultimately imitative. Replaced Old English cwiþan.
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