adj
lachrymose
Lachrymose (adj) means Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.
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Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin lachrymōsus, lacrimōsus, from lachryma, lacrima (“tear”) + -osus (“-ful”), from Old Latin dacrima, from Proto-Indo-European *dakru-, cognate with English tear.
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What is the meaning of lachrymose?
"lachrymose" (adj) means tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.