7 definitions found for lachrymose

lachrymose adj 1: showing sorrow [syn: dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping]

lachrymose adjective Etymology: Latin lacrimosus, from lacrima Date: circa 1727 1. given to tears or weeping ; tearful 2. tending to cause tears ; mournful • lachrymosely adverb • lachrymosity noun

lachrymose
adj. formal given to weeping; tearful.
Derivatives:
lachrymosely adv.
Etymology: L lacrimosus f. lacrima tear

lachrymose Someone who is lachrymose cries very easily and very often. (LITERARY) ...the tears of lachrymose mourners. ADJ

lachrymose ˈlækrɪməus adj. formal given to weeping; tearful. øølachrymosely adv. [L lacrimosus f. lacrima tear]

Lachrymose Lach"ry*mose`, a. [L. lacrymosus, better lacrimosus, fr. lacrima, lacruma (also badly spelt lachryma) a tear, for older dacrima, akin to E. tear. See Tear the secretion.] Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful. You should have seen his lachrymose visnomy. --Lamb. -- Lach"ry*mose`ly, adv.

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "lachrymose": blubbering, crying, dissolved in tears, excretory, in tears, lachrymal, lacrimatory, lactational, lacteal, lacteous, ready to cry, rheumy, salivant, salivary, salivous, secretional, secretive, secretory, seminal, serous, sialagogic, sniveling, sobbing, spermatic, tearful, teary, watering, watery, weeping, weepy, whimpering, with eyes suffused