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lachrymose.

Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.

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Meaning & usage

adj/ˈlæk.ɹɪ.moʊs//ˈlækrɪˌməʊz/UK/ˈlækrɪˌməʊs/UK/ˈlækrəˌmoʊs/US
  1. Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.

Where this word comes from

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.

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