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Webster 1913 Edition
Lachrymose
Lach′ry-moseˊ
,Adj.
[L.
lacrymosus
, better lacrimosus
, fr. lacrima
, lacruma
(also badly spelt lachryma
) a tear, for older dacrima
, akin to E. tear
. See Tear
the secretion.] Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful.
– Lach′ry-moseˊly
, adv.
Definition 2024
lachrymose
lachrymose
English
Adjective
lachrymose (comparative more lachrymose, superlative most lachrymose)
- Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.
- 1927, Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, page 69:
- It is true that Limeans were given to interpolating trivial songs into the most exquisite comedies and some lachrymose effects into the austerest music; but at least they never submitted to the boredom of a misplaced veneration.
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Translations
tearful; causing tears
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