lachrymose Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite showing sorrow
    dolorous; tearful; dolourous; weeping.

WordNet

Lach"ry*mose` adjective
Etymology
L. lacrymosus, better lacrimosus, fr. lacrima, lacruma (also badly spelt lachryma) a tear, for older dacrima, akin to E. tear. See Tear the secretion.
Definitions
  1. Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful.
    You should have seen his lachrymose visnomy. Lamb.
    -- Lach"ry*mose`ly, adv.

Webster 1913