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lachrymation

lachrymation is the alternative form of lacrimation.

Meaning of lacrimation

Noun

lacrimation (usually uncountable, plural lacrimations)

  1. (literary, usually) The shedding or flow of tears; crying.

Forms of lachrymation

plurallachrymations

Origin of lachrymation

From the Medieval Latin form lachryma. By surface analysis, lachrymate + -ion.

Questions about lachrymation

What is lachrymation the alternative form of?
Lachrymation is the alternative form of lacrimation.

Words near lachrymation in the dictionary

  1. lachrymary
  2. lachrymate
  3. lachrymated
  4. lachrymates
  5. lachrymating
  6. lachrymation
  7. lachrymations
  8. lachrymator
  9. lachrymatories
  10. lachrymators
  11. lachrymatory

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lachrymation (page history and authors); lacrimation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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