Lament

Lament

Noun / Verb · /ləˈmɛnt/

Definition

(Verb) to mourn, grieve, or express sorrow deeply; to express regret or disappointment about something; (Noun) a passionate expression of grief or sorrow; an elegiac song or poem; a complaint.

Origin

From Old French lamenter, from Latin lamentari (to wail, to mourn), from lamentum (a wailing, a lamentation). The Latin is possibly imitative of the sounds of grief — a word shaped by the moan it describes. Used in English from the 15th century.