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lacrimatory

lacrimatory is the alternative form of lachrymatory.

Meaning of lachrymatory

Adjective

lachrymatory (comparative more lachrymatory, superlative most lachrymatory)

  1. Pertaining to or causing tears.
    • 1919: It is sheer affectation to lacerate a man with the poisonous fragment of a bursting shell and to boggle at making his eyes water by means of lachrymatory gas. — Winston Churchill, "1919 War Office Memorandum"

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Forms of lacrimatory

Adjective
comparativemore lacrimatory
superlativemost lacrimatory
Noun
plurallacrimatories

Origin of lacrimatory

From Latin lacrimātōrius. By surface analysis, lacrimate + -ory.

From Latin lacrimātōrium. By surface analysis, lacrimate + -ory.

Questions about lacrimatory

What is lacrimatory the alternative form of?
Lacrimatory is the alternative form of lachrymatory.

Words near lacrimatory in the dictionary

  1. lacrimation
  2. lacrimations
  3. lacrimator
  4. lacrimatories
  5. lacrimators
  6. lacrimatory
  7. lacrimiform
  8. lacrimoauriculodentodigital
  9. lacrimogenic
  10. lacrimogenous
  11. lacrimomimetic

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