LAM'ENTABLE, adjective [Latin lamentabilis.] 1. To be lamented; deserving sorrow; as a lamentable declension of morals. 2. Mournful; adapted to awaken grief; as a lamentable tune. 3. Expressing sorrow; as lamentable cries. 4. Miserable; pitiful; low; poor; in a sense rather ludicrous. [Little used.]
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