Lām'ent-a-ble, a.
a. [Fr. & Sp. lamentable, It. lamentabile, Lat. lamentabilis.]
Sense 1. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief, “Lamentable eye.” Spenser.
Sense 2. Fitted to awaken lament; sorrowful; pitiable; as, a lamentable declension of morals.
Sense 3. Miserable; pitiful; low; poor;—in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense. Stillingfleet.