LAMENESS
Lame"ness, n.
Defn: The condition or quality of being lame; as, the lameness of an excuse or an argument.
LAMENT La*ment", v. i. Etym: [F. lamenter, L. lamentari, fr. lamentum a lament.]
Defn: To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.
Jeremiah lamented for Josiah. 2 Chron. xxxv. 25.
Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. John xvi. 20.
LAMENT
La*ment", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lamented; p. pr. & vb. n. Lamenting.]
Defn: To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.
One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. Dryden.
Syn.
— To deplore; mourn; bewail. See Deplore.
LAMENT
La*ment", n. Etym: [L. lamentum. Cf. Lament, v.]
1. Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping. Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. Milton.
2. An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.