lachrymose
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin lacrimōsus, from lacrima (“tear”) (f.), + -osus (“-ful”), from Old Latin dacruma, from Proto-Indo-European *dakru-, cognate with English tear.
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[edit] 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.
- 1927, Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, page 69:
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tearful
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