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Webster 1913 Edition
Lamentable
Lam′en-ta-ble
,Adj.
[L.
lamentabilis
: cf. F. lamentable
.] 1.
Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief;
as, a
. lamentable
countenance[Archaic]
“Lamentable eye.” Spenser.
2.
Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; regrettable; unfortunate;
“Lamentable helplessness.” as, a
. lamentable
misfortune, or errorBurke.
Lam′en-ta-ble-ness
, Noun.
Lam′en-ta-bly
, adv.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lamentable
LAM'ENTABLE
,Adj.
1.
To be lamented; deserving sorrow; as a lamentable declension of morals.2.
Mournful; adapted to awaken grief; as a lamentable tune.3.
Expressing sorrow; as lamentable cries.4.
Miserable; pitiful; low; poor; in a sense rather ludicrous. [Little used.]