Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lachrymatory

/ˈlækɹɪmətəɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lachry-ma-to-ry
IPA: /ˈlækɹɪmətəɹi/

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to or causing tears.

noun

A vase supposedly intended to hold tears; formerly used by archaeologists to designate certain urns found in Roman burials.

Example Sentences

"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""
"1658: For beside these Lachrymatories, notable Lamps with Vessels of Oyles and Aromaticall Liquors attended noble Ossuaries. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21)"

Etymology

From Latin lachrymātōrius. By surface analysis, lachrymate + -ory.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: lachrymātōrius, lachrymātōrium

Inflected Forms

more lachrymatory (comparative) most lachrymatory (superlative) lacrimatory (alternative) lachrymatories (plural)

Synonyms

lachrymal lacrimal lacrimatory

Questions

How do you pronounce lachrymatory?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlækɹɪmətəɹi/.
What does lachrymatory mean?: Pertaining to or causing tears.
Where does lachrymatory come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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