lacrimoso
English
Etymology
From Italian.
Adverb
lacrimoso (not comparable)
- (music) Sadly, unhappily, grievingly.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin lacrimōsus. By surface analysis, lacrima + -oso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.kriˈmo.zo/, (traditional) /la.kriˈmo.so/
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: la‧cri‧mó‧so
Adjective
lacrimoso (feminine lacrimosa, masculine plural lacrimosi, feminine plural lacrimose)
- teary, tear-filled, wet
- pathetic
- weeping, whining
Derived terms
- lacrimosamente
Related terms
- lacrima
Anagrams
- clamorosi, simolacro
Latin
Adjective
lacrimōsō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of lacrimōsus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lacrimōsus.
Adjective
lacrimoso (feminine lacrimosa, masculine plural lacrimosos, feminine plural lacrimosas, metaphonic)
- lachrymose; tearful (having tears on one’s eyes; about to cry)
- lachrymose (causing tears, or emotional distress)
Related terms
- lacrimal
- lágrima
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lacrimōsus.
Adjective
lacrimoso (feminine lacrimosa, masculine plural lacrimosos, feminine plural lacrimosas)
- (relational) tear (of the eye), weeping; lachrymose (of or relating to tears or weeping)
Related terms
- lacrimógeno
- lágrima
Further reading
- “lacrimoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014