Word of the Day 1.31.09
lachrymose
lach·ry·mose (l
k
r
-m
s
)
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 (-m
s
-t
) n.
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| Adj. | 1. | lachrymose – showing sorrow
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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