lach·ry·mose
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| 1. | suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful. |
| 2. | given to shedding tears readily; tearful. |
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lach·ry·mose·ly, adverb
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adj.
[Latin lacrimōsus, from lacrima, tear; see lachrymal.] lach'ry·mose'ly adv., lach'ry·mos'i·ty (-mŏs'ĭ-tē) n. |
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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 1727; 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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| lachrymose | |
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| showing sorrow [syn: dolorous] |
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Lachrymose
Lach"ry*mal\, a. [Cf. F. lacrymal. See Lachrymose.]1. Of or pertaining to tears; as, lachrymal effusions. 2. (Anat.) (a) Pertaining to, or secreting, tears; as, the lachrymal gland. (b) Pertaining to the lachrymal organs; as, lachrymal bone; lachrymal duct.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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