- inclined to shed many tears; tearful
- causing tears; sad: a lachrymose tale
Origin of lachrymose
Classical Latin lacrimosus from lacrima, tear
A lachrymose woman.
- An example of someone lachrymose is an emotional new mother.
- An example of something lachrymose is a sad story where the love interest dies.
The definition of lachrymose is someone who cries easily or something that causes sadness.
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lachrymose
also lac·ri·mose
adjective
- Weeping or inclined to weep; tearful.
- Causing or tending to cause tears.
Origin of lachrymose
Latin lacrimōsus from lacrima tear ; see lachrymal .Related Forms:
- lach′ry·mos′i·ty lac′ri·mos′i·ty
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Adjective
(comparative more lachrymose, superlative most lachrymose)
Origin
From Latin lacrimōsus, from lacrima (“tear”), + -osus (“-ful”), from Old Latin dacruma, from Proto-Indo-European *dakru-, cognate with English tear.
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Sentence Examples
- Wallenstein was followed in 1800 by Maria Stuart, a tragedy, which, in spite of its great popularity in and outside of Germany, was felt by the critics to follow too closely the methods of the lachrymose "tragedy of common life" to maintain a high position among Schiller's works.
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