Lamelliferous
(Lam`el*lif"er*ous) a. [Lamella + -ferous: cf. F. lamellifère.] Bearing, or composed of,
lamellæ, or thin layers, plates, or scales; foliated.
Lamelliform
(La*mel"li*form) a. [Lamella + -form : cf. F. lamelliforme.] Thin and flat; scalelike; lamellar.
Lamellirostral
(Lam`el*li*ros"tral) a. [Lamella + rostral : cf. F. lamellirostre.] (Zoöl.) Having a lamellate
bill, as ducks and geese.
Lamellirostres
(||La*mel`li*ros"tres) n. pl. [NL. See Lamella, and Rostrum.] (Zoöl.) A group of birds
embracing the Anseres and flamingoes, in which the bill is lamellate.
Lamellose
(Lam"el*lose`) a. [Cf. F. lamelleux.] Composed of, or having, lamellæ; lamelliform.
Lamely
(Lame"ly) adv. [See Lame.] In a lame, crippled, disabled, or imperfect manner; as, to walk
lamely; a figure lamely drawn.
Lameness
(Lame"ness), n. The condition or quality of being lame; as, the lameness of an excuse or an
argument.
Lament
(La*ment") v. i. [F. lamenter, L. lamentari, fr. lamentum a lament.] To express or feel sorrow; to
weep or wail; to mourn.
Jeremiah lamented for Josiah.
2 Chron. xxxv. 25.
Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice.
John xvi. 20. Lament
(La*ment"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lamented; p. pr. & vb. n. Lamenting.] To mourn for; to bemoan; to
bewail.
One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes.
Dryden. Syn. — To deplore; mourn; bewail. See Deplore.
Lament
(La*ment"), n. [L. lamentum. Cf. Lament, v.]
1. Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.
Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage.
Milton. 2. An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.
Lamentable
(Lam"en*ta*ble) a. [L. lamentabilis : cf. F. lamentable.]
1. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. "Lamentable eye." Spenser.
2. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error. "Lamentable
helplessness." Burke.
3. Miserable; pitiful; paltry; — in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense. Bp. Stillingfleet.
— Lam"en*ta*ble*ness, n. — Lam"en*ta*bly, adv.
Lamentation
(Lam`en*ta"tion) n. [F. lamentation, L. lamentatio.]
1. The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning.
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping.
Matt. ii. 18.
