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lamentable

adj
/ləˈmɛn.tə.bəl/

Etymology

From Middle English lamentable, from Middle French lamentable, from Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”). By surface analysis, lament + -able.

  1. derived from lāmentābilis
  2. derived from lamentable
  3. inherited from lamentable

Definitions

  1. Causing sorrow, distress or regret

    Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.

    • In what a lamentable caſe were I, If Nature had not giuen me wiſedomes lore?
    • Moreover, in view of the lamentable present indecision of the Government in regard to electrification, the large-scale building of diesel power may prove to have been a farseeing move after all.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA