deplorate
deplorable
Adjective
- deplorable
- […] but seeing 'tis now evident and certain that my safety without her destruction, is in a more deplorate estate, I am most grievously affected […] - 1670, Richard Baker, Chronicle of the Kings of England: With...
Origin
First attested in 1544; borrowed from Latin dēplōrātus, perfect passive participle of dēplōrō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).