ləˈment n. & v. --n. 1 a
passionate expression of
grief. 2 a
song or
poem of
mourning or
sorrow. --v.tr. (also absol.) 1 express or
feel grief
for or
about;
regret (lamented
the loss of
his ticket). 2 (as lamented adj.) a
conventional expression referring to a recently
dead person (your
late lamented father). ølament for (or over)
mourn or regret. øølamenter n. lamentingly adv. [L lamentum]