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Definition of Lachrymose
1. Adjective. Showing sorrow.
Similar to: Sorrowful
Derivative terms: Dolor, Dolor, Tearfulness
Definition of Lachrymose
1. a. Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful.
Definition of Lachrymose
1. Adjective. tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lachrymose
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lachrymose
Literary usage of Lachrymose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works by Horace Smith (1846)
"lachrymose WRITERS. / YE human screech-owls, who delight To herald woe—whose day
is night, Whose mental food is misery and moans, If ye must needs uphold ..."
2. The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for by Epes Sargent (1852)
"lachrymose WRITERS.— Horace Smith. YE human screech-owls, who delight To herald
woe, — whose day is night, Whose mental food is misery and moans, ..."
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