jeremiad

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(jer′ə mī′ad′, -əd)

noun

  1. a long lamentation or complaint: in allusion to the Lamentations of Jeremiah
  2. a long, scolding speech, sermon, etc. expressing disapproval or warning of disaster

Origin: Fr jérémiade < Jérémie, Jeremiah: see Jeremiah

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noun
A literary work or speech expressing a bitter lament or a righteous prophecy of doom.

Origin:

Origin: French jérémiade

Origin: , after Jérémie, Jeremiah, author of The Lamentations

Origin: , from Late Latin Ieremiās; see Jeremiah1

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