lamentableadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈlam(ᵻ)ntəbl/,

/ləˈmɛntəbl/, U.S.

/ˈlæmən(t)əb(ə)l/,

/ləˈmɛn(t)əb(ə)l/

Etymology: < French lamentable or < Latin lāmentābilis , < lāmentārī to lament v.: see -able suffix.

A. adj.

1. Of persons, their appearance, actions, voice, song, etc.: Full of or expressing sorrow or grief; mournful, doleful. Now rare or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective]

carefulOE

charyOE

mourningOE

sorrowingOE

sorryOE

balec1220

heavy?c1225

ruefulc1225

ruthfulc1225

sorrowful?c1225

dolefulc1275

plaintivea1393

complainingc1430

lamentable?a1475

plaining?c1475

dolent1490

lamentatious1532

troublous1535

plaintfula1542

dirge-like1561

yearnfula1566

waymenting1573

mestive1575

lamentatory1576

mestful1577

wailful1579

lamentinga1586

weepy1602

deplorative1610

deploringa1616

gement1656

condolent1691

dirgeful1793

dirgy1830

lamentful1876

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 317 In whiche place..lamentable voices be herde ofte tymes.

1502 Will of Symon Auncell (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/13) f. 112 An Image of o^r blessid lady of grace as lamentable as can be devised.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxv. f. xxviii The lamentable request made vnto hym by the sayde Ambassade.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. vi. [v.] 38 I see stand me befor,..maist lamentable [L. mæstissimus] Hector, With large fluide of teris.

1529 Acts 21 Hen. VIII c. 16 §11 Our true and faithful Subjects..exhibited unto us a lamentable Bill of Complaint.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. ix With a lamentable voyce and a sorowfull countenance.

1587 R. Hakluyt tr. R. de Laudonnière Notable Hist. Foure Voy. Florida f. 12^v Dauncing and singing in a lamentable tune.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Elegiographer A writer of Elegies, or lamentable verses.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. x. 611 Where..Cocytus' lamentable waters spread.

1739 Ld. Castledurrow in Swift's Lett. (1766) II. 261 A lamentable Hymn to Death, from a lover, ascribed to his mistress.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. i. 3 With ceaseless rain sweeping away wildly before a long and lamentable blast.

1851 N. Hawthorne Old News in Snow Image (1879) 154 The lamentable friends, trailing their long black garments.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xi. 370 With this wail the thin lamentable voice of the desiccated rhetorician ceases.

a. That is to be lamented; such as to call for lamentation, sorrow, or grief; pitiable, deplorable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [adjective]

armlyeOE

unseelyOE

rulyOE

ruefulc1225

ruthfulc1225

sorryc1225

piteousc1300

poorc1300

ruthlyc1300

pietousa1393

pitifulc1450

lamentablec1460

miserable?a1475

pitiablec1475

execrable1490

plainful1555

tristsum1567

passionatea1586

touchinga1586

pathetic1591

melting1593

remorseful?1615

compassionate1630

compassionable1635

ruesome1833

po'1866

little-boy-lost1957

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective] > lamentable

ruefulc1225

pietousa1393

weepablec1449

pitifulc1450

lamentablec1460

pitiablec1475

implorable1535

moanworthy1540

wailfula1547

wailsome1566

tristsum1567

moanful1573

souspirable1594

bemoanable1611

bewailable1611

deplorable1612

criminal1792

c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Legend St. Austin (Harl. 2255) l. 279 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 201 That Owgly careyn lamentable.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos ii. 16 It is a greuous thyng to me to passe ouer so lyghtly the lamentable circumstaunces..in soo fewe wordis.

a1500 Assembly of Ladies The case itself is inly lamentable.

?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors xxiii. sig. G What a lamentable thing is this, that men shuld be dryuyn from the gospel of Christ.

1587 Collingwood in Border Papers (1894) I. 259 The..lamentable estayt of this ruinose and waysted cuntre.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iv. sig. Ff5^v They..strowe with flowres the lamentable beare.

1639 J. Woodall Wks. (1653) Pref. 18 The most lamentable diseases of poor men require the most care of the Surgeon.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 617 Thir lamentable lot.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 509. ⁋2 A lamentable change from that simplicity of manners.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 331 Another Macdonald, destined to a lamentable and horrible end.

b. In jocular or trivial use: ‘Pitiful, despicable’ (Johnson); wretchedly bad. Cf. deplorable adj. and n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > [adjective]

unledeeOE

sorryOE

evila1131

usellc1175

wanlichec1275

bad1276

sorry1372

meana1375

caitiff1393

loddera1400

woefula1400

foulc1400

wretched1450

meschant?1473

unselc1480

peevisha1522

miser1542

scurvy?1577

forlorn1582

villainous1582

measled1596

lamented1611

thrallfula1618

despicable1635

deplorable1642

so-and-so1656

poorish1657

squalida1660

lamentable1676

mesquina1706

shan1714

execrable1738

quisby1807

hole in the wall1822

measly1847

bum1878

shag-bag1888

snidey1890

pathetic1900

1676 E. Stillingfleet Def. Disc. Idolatry ii. ii. 537 This learned Bishop to make out the disparity between the Heathens and them flyes to this lamentable refuge.

1876 E. C. Stedman Victorian Poets iii. 65 But when he [Landor]..attempted to regulate the orthography of our language the result was something lamentable.

†B. n. plural.

Laments, complainings. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xl. 157 Come, come, goody Norton..you are up again with your lamentables!

Derivatives

ˈlamentableness n.

ΚΠ

1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica 828 Lamentablenes, elegia.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Lamentableness, wofulness, pitiableness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lamentable
释义	lamentableadj.n. Brit. /ˈlam(ᵻ)ntəbl/, /ləˈmɛntəbl/, U.S. /ˈlæmən(t)əb(ə)l/, /ləˈmɛn(t)əb(ə)l/ Etymology: < French lamentable or < Latin lāmentābilis , < lāmentārī to lament v.: see -able suffix. A. adj. 1. Of persons, their appearance, actions, voice, song, etc.: Full of or expressing sorrow or grief; mournful, doleful. Now rare or archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective] carefulOE charyOE mourningOE sorrowingOE sorryOE balec1220 heavy?c1225 ruefulc1225 ruthfulc1225 sorrowful?c1225 dolefulc1275 plaintivea1393 complainingc1430 lamentable?a1475 plaining?c1475 dolent1490 lamentatious1532 troublous1535 plaintfula1542 dirge-like1561 yearnfula1566 waymenting1573 mestive1575 lamentatory1576 mestful1577 wailful1579 lamentinga1586 weepy1602 deplorative1610 deploringa1616 gement1656 condolent1691 dirgeful1793 dirgy1830 lamentful1876 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 317 In whiche place..lamentable voices be herde ofte tymes. 1502 Will of Symon Auncell (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/13) f. 112 An Image of o^r blessid lady of grace as lamentable as can be devised. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxv. f. xxviii The lamentable request made vnto hym by the sayde Ambassade. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. vi. [v.] 38 I see stand me befor,..maist lamentable [L. mæstissimus] Hector, With large fluide of teris. 1529 Acts 21 Hen. VIII c. 16 §11 Our true and faithful Subjects..exhibited unto us a lamentable Bill of Complaint. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. ix With a lamentable voyce and a sorowfull countenance. 1587 R. Hakluyt tr. R. de Laudonnière Notable Hist. Foure Voy. Florida f. 12^v Dauncing and singing in a lamentable tune. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Elegiographer A writer of Elegies, or lamentable verses. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. x. 611 Where..Cocytus' lamentable waters spread. 1739 Ld. Castledurrow in Swift's Lett. (1766) II. 261 A lamentable Hymn to Death, from a lover, ascribed to his mistress. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. i. 3 With ceaseless rain sweeping away wildly before a long and lamentable blast. 1851 N. Hawthorne Old News in Snow Image (1879) 154 The lamentable friends, trailing their long black garments. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xi. 370 With this wail the thin lamentable voice of the desiccated rhetorician ceases. 2. a. That is to be lamented; such as to call for lamentation, sorrow, or grief; pitiable, deplorable. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [adjective] armlyeOE unseelyOE rulyOE ruefulc1225 ruthfulc1225 sorryc1225 piteousc1300 poorc1300 ruthlyc1300 pietousa1393 pitifulc1450 lamentablec1460 miserable?a1475 pitiablec1475 execrable1490 plainful1555 tristsum1567 passionatea1586 touchinga1586 pathetic1591 melting1593 remorseful?1615 compassionate1630 compassionable1635 ruesome1833 po'1866 little-boy-lost1957 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective] > lamentable ruefulc1225 pietousa1393 weepablec1449 pitifulc1450 lamentablec1460 pitiablec1475 implorable1535 moanworthy1540 wailfula1547 wailsome1566 tristsum1567 moanful1573 souspirable1594 bemoanable1611 bewailable1611 deplorable1612 criminal1792 c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Legend St. Austin (Harl. 2255) l. 279 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 201 That Owgly careyn lamentable. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos ii. 16 It is a greuous thyng to me to passe ouer so lyghtly the lamentable circumstaunces..in soo fewe wordis. a1500 Assembly of Ladies The case itself is inly lamentable. ?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors xxiii. sig. G What a lamentable thing is this, that men shuld be dryuyn from the gospel of Christ. 1587 Collingwood in Border Papers (1894) I. 259 The..lamentable estayt of this ruinose and waysted cuntre. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iv. sig. Ff5^v They..strowe with flowres the lamentable beare. 1639 J. Woodall Wks. (1653) Pref. 18 The most lamentable diseases of poor men require the most care of the Surgeon. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 617 Thir lamentable lot. View more context for this quotation 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 509. ⁋2 A lamentable change from that simplicity of manners. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 331 Another Macdonald, destined to a lamentable and horrible end. b. In jocular or trivial use: ‘Pitiful, despicable’ (Johnson); wretchedly bad. Cf. deplorable adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > [adjective] unledeeOE sorryOE evila1131 usellc1175 wanlichec1275 bad1276 sorry1372 meana1375 caitiff1393 loddera1400 woefula1400 foulc1400 wretched1450 meschant?1473 unselc1480 peevisha1522 miser1542 scurvy?1577 forlorn1582 villainous1582 measled1596 lamented1611 thrallfula1618 despicable1635 deplorable1642 so-and-so1656 poorish1657 squalida1660 lamentable1676 mesquina1706 shan1714 execrable1738 quisby1807 hole in the wall1822 measly1847 bum1878 shag-bag1888 snidey1890 pathetic1900 1676 E. Stillingfleet Def. Disc. Idolatry ii. ii. 537 This learned Bishop to make out the disparity between the Heathens and them flyes to this lamentable refuge. 1876 E. C. Stedman Victorian Poets iii. 65 But when he [Landor]..attempted to regulate the orthography of our language the result was something lamentable. †B. n. plural. Laments, complainings. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xl. 157 Come, come, goody Norton..you are up again with your lamentables! Derivatives ˈlamentableness n. ΚΠ 1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica 828 Lamentablenes, elegia. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Lamentableness, wofulness, pitiableness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1460
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