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Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: jérémiade, from Jérémie 'Jeremiah', the prophet who told of bad things that would happen

jeremiad

 noun
     
jer‧e‧mi‧ad [countable] formal
a long speech or piece of writing that complains about a situation, or says that bad things will happen
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