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lacrymal

lacrymal is the alternative spelling of lacrimal.

lacrymal is the alternative spelling of lachrymal.

Meaning of lacrimal

Adjective

lacrimal (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to tears or the tear-secreting organs.

Meaning of lachrymal

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

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Forms of lacrymal

Adjective
comparativemore lacrymal
superlativemost lacrymal
Noun
plurallacrymals

Words that rhyme with lacrymal

Questions about lacrymal

What is lacrymal the alternative spelling of?
Lacrymal is the alternative spelling of lacrimal.

Words near lacrymal in the dictionary

  1. lacrosser
  2. lacrossers
  3. lacrosstitute
  4. lacrosstitutes
  5. Lacryma Christi
  6. lacrymal
  7. lacrymals
  8. lacrymary
  9. lacrymator
  10. lacrymatories
  11. lacrymators

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lacrymal (page history and authors); lacrimal (page history and authors); lachrymal (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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