n.
- a passionate expression of grief.
- a song, piece of music, or poem expressing grief or regret.
v.
- mourn (a person's death).
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[as adj. lamented]
(usu. late lamented)
a conventional way of referring to a dead person.
- express regret or disappointment about.
Derivative
- lamentation n.
- lamenter n.
Etymology
ME (as v.): from Fr. lamenter or L. lamentari, from lamenta (pl.) ‘weeping’.