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Definitions for jeremiadˌdʒɛr əˈmaɪ əd, -æd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

jer•e•mi•adˌdʒɛr əˈmaɪ əd, -æd(n.)

  1. a prolonged lament; complaint.

Origin of jeremiad:

1770–80; Jeremi (ah ) + -ad1, in reference to Jeremiah's Lamentations

Princeton's WordNet

  1. jeremiad(noun)

    a long and mournful complaint

    "a jeremiad against any form of government"

Wiktionary

  1. jeremiad(Noun)

    A long speech or prose work that bitterly laments the state of society and its morals, and often contains a prophecy of its coming downfall.

    2. Origin: From jérémiade, from Jérémie, from Ieremias, from ירמיה.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jeremiad(noun)

    alt. of Jeremiade

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Jeremiad

    a lament over degeneracy in modern times.

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