Jeremiah
proper nounnouninterjectionattested in dialogue
- //ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə//
An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.
proper noun
- 1
An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.
And Ieremiah lamented for Ioſiah, and all the ſinging men and the ſinging women ſpake of Ioſiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Iſrael; and beholde, they are written in the Lamentations.
- 2
A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
- 3
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
The man whom you call Diarmaid when you speak Irish, a low, pernicious, un-Irish, detestable custom, begot by slavery, and propagated by cringing, and fostered by flunkeyism, forces you to call Jeremiah when you speak English, or as a concession, Darby.
“If people can trust in him to run the country, you should trust in somebody that did their time and want to reinstate themselves,” Jeremiah says. “Especially if your leader has got 30-something felonies and I just have one.”
- 4
A surname.
Etymology
Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew הֵרִים Biblical Hebrew ־יהו Biblical Hebrew ירמיהlbor. Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías)lbor. Latin Jērē̆mī̆āslbor. English Jeremiah Learned borrowing from Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”). Doublet of Jeremias.
noun
- 1
A person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future; a prophet of doom.
interjection
- 1
Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration, etc.
Forms
- plural
- Jeremiahs
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