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Definition: Lamentableness
Lamentable
\Lam"en*ta*ble\, a. [L. lamentabilis: cf. F.
lamentable.]
1. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable
countenance. [Archaic]
“Lamentable eye.” --Spenser.
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2. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful;
pitiable; regrettable; unfortunate; as, a lamentable
misfortune, or error.
“Lamentable helplessness.”
--Burke.
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3. Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or
ridiculous sense. --Bp. Stillingfleet. --
Lam"en*ta*ble*ness, n. --
Lam"en*ta*bly, adv.
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