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lacrimose

lacrimose is the alternative spelling of lachrymose.

Meaning of lachrymose

Adjective

lachrymose (comparative more lachrymose, superlative most lachrymose)

  1. Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.
    • It is true that Limeans were given to interpolating trivial songs into the most exquisite comedies and some lachrymose effects into the austerest music; but at least they never submitted to the boredom of a misplaced veneration.1927, Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, page 69

Forms of lacrimose

comparativemore lacrimose
superlativemost lacrimose

Origin of lacrimose

Learned borrowing from Latin lacrimōsus.

Questions about lacrimose

What is lacrimose the alternative spelling of?
Lacrimose is the alternative spelling of lachrymose.

Words near lacrimose in the dictionary

  1. lacrimogenic
  2. lacrimogenous
  3. lacrimomimetic
  4. lacrimomimetics
  5. lacrimonasal
  6. lacrimose
  7. lacrimosely
  8. lacrimosities
  9. lacrimosity
  10. lacrimoso
  11. lacritin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lacrimose (page history and authors); lachrymose (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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