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jeremiad
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noun
a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint.
Origin:
1770–80;
Jeremi(ah)
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in reference to Jeremiah's
Lamentations
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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jeremiad
(ˌdʒɛrɪˈmaɪəd)
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n
a long mournful lamentation or complaint
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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jeremiad
1780, from Fr. jérémiade (1762), in allusion to "Lamentations of Jeremiah" in Old Testament.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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