lachrymose
adj/ˈlæk.ɹɪ.moʊs/
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.
1
Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.
- It is true that Limeans were given to interpolating trivial songs into the most exquisite comedies and some lachrymose effects into the austerest music; but at least they never submitted to the boredom of a misplaced veneration.1927, Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, page 69:
- Derived terms
- lachrymosely, lachrymoseness, lachrymosity, unlachrymose
- Related terms
- lachrymatory