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lachrymose

/ˈlækrəˌmoʊs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables
lach-ry-mose
IPA
/ˈlækrəˌmoʊs/
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lachrymōsus, lacrimōsus, from lachryma, lacrima (“tear”) + -osus (“-ful”), from Old Latin dacrima, from Proto-Indo-European *dakru-, cognate with English tear.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: dacrima, *dakru-

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈlækrəˌmoʊs/
  • British English: /ˈlækrɪˌməʊz/

Inflected Forms

more lachrymose (comparative) most lachrymose (superlative) lacrimose (alternative)

Derived Forms

lachrymosely lachrymoseness lachrymosity unlachrymose

Frequently Paired Words

lachrymatory

Synonyms

lachrymate miserable unhappy atrabiliary atrabilious blitheless dispirited blue bummed out chapfallen cheerless chopfallen

Questions

How do you pronounce lachrymose?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlækrəˌmoʊs/.
What does lachrymose mean?
Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.
Where does lachrymose come from?
It is traced to Proto-Indo-European.

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