Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crysome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: crysome
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised by crying or weeping; tearful; lamentful

Example Sentences

"His fancies are often as sweet and as heavenly, as those which "may make a crysome child to smile.""
"In all the preceding years, with all my nieces and nephews, with Tegan herself, when a tiny person got crysome, I handed them back to the person responsible for them, secure in the knowledge that nothing I could do would appease them so I didn't have to try."

Etymology

From cry + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: cry

Inflected Forms

more crysome (comparative) most crysome (superlative)

Synonyms

cryey sobful teary crysome lachrymate lachrymose larmoyant maudlin moist tearful watery weepy

Questions

What does crysome mean?: Characterised by crying or weeping; tearful; lamentful
Where does crysome come from?: From cry + -some.

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