lachrymose

English

WOTD – 20 July 2006

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlæk.ɹɪ.moʊs/
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Adjective

lachrymose (comparative more lachrymose, superlative most lachrymose)

Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.
- 1927, Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, page 69:
  It is true that Limeans were given to interpolating trivial songs into the most exquisite comedies and some lachrymose effects into the austerest music; but at least they never submitted to the boredom of a misplaced veneration.

Derived terms

lachrymatory
lachrymosely
lachrymosity
unlachrymose

Translations

tearful; causing tears

Arabic: بكّاء‎ (ar) m
Bulgarian: сълзлив (bg) (sǎlzliv), плачещ (bg) (plačešt)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 催泪的 (cuīlèide)
Dutch: aangrijpend (nl), treurig (nl), intriest (nl)
Finnish: itkuinen (fi), kyynelehtivä (fi) (tearful), itkettävä (fi) (causing tears)
French: lacrymal (fr)
Friulian: lagrimôs
German: ergreifend (de), traurig (de), nahe gehend
Italian: lacrimoso
Maori: matawai, matawaia
Polish: łzawy (pl), płaczliwy (pl)
Portuguese: lacrimoso (pt)
Romanian: lăcrimos (ro)
Russian: плакси́вый (ru) (plaksívyj), слезли́вый (ru) (slezlívyj)
Spanish: lacrimoso, lacrimógeno
Swedish: tårfylld (sv), gråtmild (sv), sorglig (sv)
Turkish: ağlamaklı (tr) (tearful), ağlatan (causing tears)
Welsh: dagreuol (cy), wylofus