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lachrymose

[ lak-ruh-mohs ]

adjective

  1. suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
  2. given to shedding tears readily; tearful.


lachrymose

/ -ˌməʊz; ˈlækrɪˌməʊs; ˌlækrɪˈmɒsɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. given to weeping; tearful
  2. mournful; sad
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Derived Forms

  • lachrymosity, noun
  • ˈ±ô²¹³¦³ó°ù²âËŒ³¾´Ç²õ±ð±ô²â, adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lachrymose1

First recorded in 1655–65; from Latin ±ô²¹³¦°ù¾±³¾Å²õ³Ü²õ, equivalent to lacrim(a) “tear†( lachrymal ) + -Ųõ³Ü²õ -ose 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lachrymose1

C17: from Latin ±ô²¹³¦°ù¾±³¾Å²õ³Ü²õ, from lacrima a tear
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Example Sentences

And all of this is somehow glommed on to the lachrymose story of a grieving parent and a dying world.

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“He had this drawing that, without calling attention to itself, without being lachrymose, but with a set of Boothisms that the reader understood, just moved me. So that, I could do,†Remnick adds.

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Roberts’s lachrymose gay novel is nine years overdue in becoming a sensation here.

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He has come out on the other side of two of the most painful, lachrymose years that any entrepreneur could imagine, with self-inflicted wounds and schadenfreude galore.

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“I’ve noticed that the TV commercials have gone from lachrymose, piano-dribbling quarantine themes to something more open and optimistic,†writes Glenn Reynolds, founder of Instapundit, the political and culture news site.

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