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   jeremiad

   /ˌdʒɛrɪˈmʌɪad/

   noun

   • 1. a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes: "the jeremiads of puritan preachers warning of moral decay"

   Word Origin late 18th century: from French jérémiade, from Jérémie ‘Jeremiah’, from ecclesiastical Latin Jeremias, with reference to the Lamentations of Jeremiah in the Old Testament.

   Scrabble Points: 18

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