lachrymose

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tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying
Someone who is lachrymose cries very easily and very often. the tears of lachrymose mourners. often crying = tearful
Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful
{s} weepy, tending to shed tears; sad; depressed; mournful
showing sorrow
lachrymose

    Hyphenation

    lach·ry·mose

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    Etymology

    [ -"mOs ] (adjective.) circa 1727. From Latin lacrimōsus lacrima f., tear + -osus "-full", from Old Latin dacruma, from proto-indo-European *dakru-, cognate with English tear.
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