deplored, ppl. a.
(dɪˈplɔəd, -rɪd)
[f. prec. + -ed1: rendering L. dēplōrāt-us deplorate.]
1. Lamented, mourned for.
† 2. Given up as hopeless; desperate; = deplorate. Obs.
| 1559 Kennedy Lett. to Willock in Wodr. Soc. Misc. (1844) 276 The maist deplorit heretykis quhilk euer wes. 1620 Venner Via Recta Introd. 12 Who with deplored diseases..resort to our Baths. 1655 W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm xiv. (1669) 300/1 His affairs were in such a desperate and deplored condition. |
Hence deˈploredly adv., deˈploredness.
| 1656 Artif. Handsom. 72 To be deploredly old, and affectedly young, is not only a great folly, but a grosse deformity. 1608–11 Bp. Hall Medit., Love of Christ §2 The deploredness of our condition did but heighten that holy flame. 1675 Brooks Gold. Key Wks. 1867 V. 201. |