Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Lachrymatory
Lach′ry-ma-to-ry
,Noun.
pl. -
ries
(#)
. [Cf. F.
lacrymatoire
.] (Antiq.)
A “tear-bottle;” a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers of the ancient Romans; – so called from a former notion that the tears of the deceased person’s friends were collected in it. Called also
lachrymal
or lacrymal
. Webster 1828 Edition
Lachrymatory
LACH'RYMATORY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
lachrymatory
lachrymatory
English
Adjective
lachrymatory (comparative more lachrymatory, superlative most lachrymatory)
- Pertaining to or causing tears.
- 1919: It is sheer affectation to lacerate a man with the poisonous fragment of a bursting shell and to boggle at making his eyes water by means of lachrymatory gas. — Winston Churchill, "1919 War Office Memorandum"
Translations
causing tears
|
|
Noun
lachrymatory (plural lachrymatories)
- (archaeology) A vase intended to hold tears, formerly used by archaeologists to designate certain urns found in Roman burials.
- 1658: For beside these Lachrymatories, notable Lamps with Vessels of Oyles and Aromaticall Liquors attended noble Ossuaries. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21)
Synonyms
Translations
vase intended to hold tears
|
|