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LACHRYMOSE
dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping
(adjective) showing sorrow
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
lachrymose (comparative more lachrymose, superlative most lachrymose)
Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.
Source: Wiktionary
Lach"ry*mose`, a. Etym: [L. lacrymosus, better lacrimosus, fr. lacrima, lacruma (also badly spelt lachryma) a tear, for older dacrima, akin to E. tear. See Tear the secretion.]
Definition: Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful. You should have seen his lachrymose visnomy. Lamb.
– Lach"ry*mose`ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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