Lachrymose
/ˈlæk.rəˌmoʊs/noun
Tearful, weepy, or tending to cause tears.
Did you know?Lachrymose comes from Latin lacrima, meaning “tear,” the same root behind the old medical and poetic use of lacrymation for tear flow.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dakru-
“tear”
Latin
Latin
lacrima
“tear”
Late Latin
Latin
lacrimosus
“full of tears; tearful”
16th Century
English
lachrymose
“weeping or tearful”
Modern English
English
lachrymose
“tearful, mournful, or excessively sentimental”