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jeremiads
We have found lemma(root) word of jeremiads : jeremiad.
Definitions
[ˌdʒɛrɪˈmʌɪad], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes
(e.g: the jeremiads of puritan preachers warning of moral decay)
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Origin
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late 18th century: from French jérémiade, from Jérémie ‘Jeremiah’, from ecclesiastical Latin Jeremias, with reference to the Lamentations of Jeremiah in the Old Testament
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