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lachrymal

/ˈlak.ɹɪm.əl/US/ˈlæk.ɹəm.əl/

lachrymal adjective: connected with weeping or tears. Also the alternative spelling of lacrimal.

Adjective

lachrymal (not comparable)

  1. (formal, literary) Connected with weeping or tears.

Noun

lachrymal (plural lachrymals)

  1. A lachrymatory (vase intended for collecting tears).
  2. (humorous, in plural) Lachrymal feelings or organs.
    • It is truly melancholy to see so many minds employed in catering for the risibles and lachrymals of weak men and silly women1843, “Habits of Reading”, in The Mother's Magazine

Also used as

lachrymal is also the alternative spelling of lacrimal.

Forms of lachrymal

Adjective
alternative formlacrimal
alternative formlacrymal
Noun
plurallachrymals

Origin of lachrymal

Borrowed from Medieval Latin lachrymālis, from lachryma (“a tear”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of lacrimal.

Words formed from lachrymal

Phrases with lachrymal

Words that rhyme with lachrymal

Questions about lachrymal

What does lachrymal mean?
Lachrymal means connected with weeping or tears.
What part of speech is lachrymal?
Lachrymal can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce lachrymal?
Lachrymal is pronounced /ˈlak.ɹɪm.əl/ (UK).

Words near lachrymal in the dictionary

  1. lachnines
  2. lachnocladiaceous
  3. lachrimable
  4. Lachryma Christi
  5. lachrymable
  6. lachrymal
  7. lachrymal bone
  8. lachrymal bones
  9. lachrymal sac
  10. lachrymal sacs
  11. lachrymal urn

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