deploration Now rare.
(diːplɔəˈreɪʃən)
In 5 -acyon, 6 -atioun.
[Ultimately ad. L. dēplōrātiōn-em, n. of action f. dēplōrāre to deplore; but in Caxton and early Sc. perh. from French.]
1. The action of deploring; lamentation.
| 1533 Bellenden Livy i. (1822) 3 The deploratioun of sic miseryis. 1582 Bentley Mon. Matrones ii. 151 The bitter deploration of mine offences. 1627 Bp. Hall Gt. Impostor 507 The meditation and deploration of our owne danger and misery. 1831 Examiner 482/2 We cannot run over a tenth part of the deplorations that occur. |
† b. Formerly, a title for elegiac poems or other compositions; a lament. [So in French.]
| 1537 Lindesay (title), The Deploratioun of the Deith of Quene Magdalene. |
† 2. Deplorable condition, misery. Obs. rare.
| 1490 Caxton Eneydos ii. 16 It sholde be an harde thynge..to putte in forgetynge her swete firste lyf and now her deploracyon. |