JEREMIAD


Meaning of JEREMIAD in English

/ ˌdʒerɪˈmaɪæd; NAmE / noun

( formal ) a very long sad complaint or list of complaints

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WORD ORIGIN

late 18th cent.: from French jérémiade , from Jérémie Jeremiah, from ecclesiastical Latin Jeremias , with reference to the Lamentations of Jeremiah in the Old Testament.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.