Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LAM'ENT-A-BLE
LAM'ENT-A-BLE, a. [Fr. from L. lamentabilis.]
- To be lamented; deserving sorrow; as, a lamentable declension of morals.
- Mournful; adapted to awaken grief; as, a lamentable tune.
- Expressing sorrow; as, lamentable cries.
- Miserable, pitiful; low; poor; in a sense rather ludicrous. [Little used.] Stillingfleet.
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