Definition of LACHRYMOSE

lachrymose

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • showing sorrow

Adj

  • Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 20

lachrymose is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
lachrymose is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lachrymose is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 21

lachrymose is a valid Words With Friends word