jeremiad
pronunciation
How to pronounce jeremiad in British English:
UK [ˌdʒerɪˈmaɪæd]
How to pronounce jeremiad in American English:
US [ˌdʒɛrəˈmaɪəd]
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- Noun:
- a long and mournful complaint
Word Origin
- jeremiad (n.)
- 1780, from French jérémiade (1762), in reference to "Lamentations of Jeremiah" in Old Testament.
Example
- 1. Throughout literary history , many people have written works which have added to the tradition of the american jeremiad .
- 2. In a superb new jeremiad , the journalist fred harrison argues that this cycle with a duration of 18 years was predictable and , by him at least , predicted . * * In essence , he notes , buyers rent property from bankers , in return for a gamble on the upside .
- 3. The bestselling book in germany is thilo sarrazin 's " germany does away with itself " , a jeremiad about the " fact " that less able women ( particularly muslims ) are having more children than their brighter sisters .