The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lamentableness
Lamentable \Lam"en*ta*ble\, a. [L. lamentabilis: cf. F. lamentable.]
Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. [Archaic] ``Lamentable eye.''
--Spenser.Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; regrettable; unfortunate; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error. ``Lamentable helplessness.''
--Burke.Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense.
--Bp. Stillingfleet. -- Lam"en*ta*ble*ness, n. -- Lam"en*ta*bly, adv.
Wiktionary
lamentableness
n. The state or characteristic of being lamentable.