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.