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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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1. tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying
   • 1927, Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, page 69:

     It is true that Limeans were given to interpolating trivial songs into the most exquisite comedies and some Patrono:Citedterm effects into the austerest music; but at least they never submitted to the boredom of a misplaced veneration.</span>

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• lachrymatory
• lachrymosely
• lachrymosity
• unlachrymose

io:lachrymose kn:lachrymose my:lachrymose ru:lachrymose fi:lachrymose vi:lachrymose zh:lachrymose