lament

/ləˈmɛnt/

lament

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Definition

An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.

Etymology

From French lamenter, from Latin lāmentor (“I wail, weep”), from lāmenta (“wailings, laments, moanings”); with formative -mentum, from the root *la-, probably ultimately imitative. Also see latrare.