debodun
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Lachtymose (adjective) - given to crying or weeping.
Many women become lachrymose at weddings.
Many women become lachrymose at weddings.
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Word if the Day - Lachrymose
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jujube
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If you're in Alaska and you see a large antlered beast sobbing, is it a lachrymoose?
Dr. Jekyll
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Which reminds me of one of my favorite tenor arias, "Una furtiva lagrima" (even though they spelled it wrong in the caption)
Murrmurr
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Ah. So that's why the sequence in a Catholic Requiem Mass is called lacrimosa; Latin for weeping/tearful.