wailment

English

Etymology

From wail +‎ -ment.

Noun

wailment (usually uncountable, plural wailments)

1. (obsolete) Lamentation; loud weeping; wailing.

   Synonym: bewailment

   • 1693, John Hacket, Scrinia reserata:

     wailment to all that are yet unborn !

References

• “wailment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.