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Word: Jeremiad
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 18th century: from French jérémiade, from Jérémie ‘Jeremiah’, from ecclesiastical Latin Jeremias, with reference to the Lamentations of Jeremiah in the Old Testament
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌdʒɛrɪˈmʌɪad
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes
Short Definition:long, mournful complaint or lamentation
Examples:- the jeremiads of puritan preachers warning of moral decay
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