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1.
suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
2.
given to shedding tears readily; tearful.
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Lachrymose
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Example Sentences
- Often reserved, even stony, the mayor is not given to lachrymose displays of feeling.
- Eventually, the whole gang is reunited in a shamelessly lachrymose musical finale.
- The first half of the film plays for laughs, while the second half evolves into a lachrymose soap opera.
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Word Origin & History
lachrymose
1661, "tear-like," from L. lacrimosus "tearful, sorrowful," from lacrima "tear," a dialect-altered borrowing of Gk. dakryma "tear," from dakryein "to shed tears," from dakry "tear," from PIE *dakru-/*draku- (see tear (n.)). Meaning "given to tears, tearful" is first attested
EXPAND1727; meaning "of a mournful character" is from 1822. The -d- to -l- alteration in L. is the so-called "Sabine -L-," cf. L. olere "smell," from root of odor, and Ulixes, the L. form of Gk. Odysseus.
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