Lachrymose Definition
lakrəmōs
adjective
Inclined to shed many tears; tearful.
Webster's New World
Causing tears; sad.
A lachrymose tale.
Webster's New World
Origin of Lachrymose
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From Latin lacrimōsus, from lacrima (“tear”), + -osus (“-ful”), from Old Latin dacruma, from Proto-Indo-European *dakru-, cognate with English tear.
From Wiktionary
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Latin lacrimōsus from lacrima tear lachrymal
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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