n.
Pronunciation: - ' m ī - ə
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin Jeremias, from Greek Hieremias, from Hebrew Yirm ĕ y ā h
Date: 14th century
1 : a major Hebrew prophet of the seventh and sixth centuries B.C.
2 : person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future
3 : a prophetic book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture ― see BIBLE table