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noun
a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint.
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Jeremiads
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Word Origin & History
jeremiad
1780, from Fr. jérémiade (1762), in allusion to "Lamentations of Jeremiah" in Old Testament.
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