Word of the Day 1.31.09

lachrymose

lach·ry·mose (lkr-ms)

adj.

1. Weeping or inclined to weep; tearful.

2. Causing or tending to cause tears.

[Latin lacrimsus, from lacrima, tear; see lachrymal.]

lachry·mosely adv.

lachry·mosi·ty (-ms-t) n.

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Adj. 1. lachrymose – showing sorrow

dolorous, dolourous, weeping, tearful
sorrowful – experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; “sorrowful widows”; “a sorrowful tale of death and despair”; “sorrowful news”; “even in laughter the heart is sorrowful”- Proverbs 14:13

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Word of the Day 1.30.09

scion

sci·on (sn)

n.

1. A descendant or heir.

2. also ci·on (sn) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting.

[Middle English, from Old French cion, possibly of Germanic origin.]

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Noun

1.

scion - a descendent or heir; “a scion of royal stock”

descendant, descendent - a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race

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