lamentive

English

Adjective

lamentive (comparative more lamentive, superlative most lamentive)

1. Being or relating to a lamentation.
   • 1859, The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist, volume 4, page 129:

     With the Death's-head moth, this sound is given out when confined or taken into the band, and is likened to the cry of a mouse, but is said to be more plaintive and even lamentive.