Jeremiah
intj, name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future; a prophet of doom.
- 1 Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration, etc. UK
- 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."
Example
More examples"In the Iron shop, Alex Fisher grinds down an iron door handle while Jeremiah Price and others use heat to soften the metal in theirs and hammer them into shape."
Etymology
From Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”).
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