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Definition of lament noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

lament

noun
 
/ləˈment/
 
/ləˈment/
(formal)
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  1. a song, poem, etc. in which you express very sad feelings about somebody who has died or about something that has ended
    • a nostalgic lament for lost love
    Topics Literature and writingc2
    Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): from French lamenter or Latin lamentari, from lamenta (plural) ‘weeping, wailing’.
See lament in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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