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Definition of Jeremiad
1. Noun. A long and mournful complaint. "A jeremiad against any form of government"
Definition of Jeremiad
1. n. A tale of sorrow, disappointment, or complaint; a doleful story; a dolorous tirade; -- generally used satirically.
Definition of Jeremiad
1. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jeremiad
1. a tale of woe [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jeremiad
Literary usage of Jeremiad
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transatlantic Sketches, Comprising Visits to the Most Interesting Scenes in by James Edward Alexander (1833)
"—Pity the Rover's Bride A jeremiad. — American Gold Mines.—Gold in Dust and Gold
in Mass.—Smelting.—Aborigines worked the Mines. ..."
2. Society Verse by American Writers edited by Ernest De Lancey Pierson (1887)
"THE STORK'S jeremiad. BESSIE CHANDLER. "/^\NE-LEGGED stork, thou standest sad
and lonely, ^•"^ A tear, methinks, I notice in thine eye. ..."
3. A Synopsis of Popery, as it was and as it is by William Hogan (1847)
"... against Eugene Sue's Wandering Jew, and concluded with a jeremiad, bemoaning
that so many copies of it should have been distributed in the book stores ..."
4. Popery! As it was and as it is: Also, Auricular Confession; and Popish Nunneries by William Hogan (1853)
"... and concluded with a jeremiad, bemoaning that so many copies of it should have
been distributed in the book stores in New York. ..."
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