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adj
Having the shape of a tear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences
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adj
Stained or filled with tears.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary, rare
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: moist, tearful, teary, cryey, crysome, lachrymate, lachrymose, larmoyant, maudlin, sobful, watery, weepy
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verb
To cry or weep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary
Topics: medicine, sciences
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History
From Medieval Latin lachryma + -ate (adjectival suffix).
From Latin lachrymātus, lacrimātus, perfect passive participle of lachrymō, lacrimō; see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
