5 August 2017
lachrymose
[lak-ruh-mohs]
adjective
1. suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
2. given to shedding tears readily; tearful.
Origin of lachrymose
Latin
1655-1665; Latin lacrimōsus, equivalent to lacrim(a) tear (see lachrymal ) + -ōsus -ose1
Related forms
lachrymosely, adverb
lachrymosity [lak-ruh-mos-i-tee], noun
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Examples from the Web for lachrymose
Historical Examples
The gills are notched, rather distant, pallid, then cinnamon; lachrymose.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise
M. E. Hard
Then it had cried out once, and so remained ever lachrymose and in agony.
The Fifth Queen Crowned
Ford Madox Ford
I am as limp, lachrymose, and lamentable, a young woman as you would find between the three seas.
Nancy
Rhoda Broughton
The too lachrymose Madonna in terra-cotta, 256, already ushers in the decadence.
The Story of Paris
Thomas Okey
He is the only one who has attempted the lachrymose, the sentimental novel.
The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century
Leo Wiener
But women must beware of sham emotion and lachrymose sentimentality.
The Truth About Woman
C. Gasquoine Hartley
Nor did any lachrymose letter in the Times predict a speedy downfall of the Empire140 for this apathy of its local guardians.
My Reminiscences
Rabindranath Tagore
For Servius, who is timid and lachrymose, everything has gone astray.
The Life of Cicero
Anthony Trollope
And now Luisa also was vexed, and went to fetch Maria, whom she presently brought back in a lachrymose but mute state.
The Patriot
Antonio Fogazzaro
Besides, the expression of her face was lachrymose in the extreme.
The Girls of Central High in Camp
Gertrude W. Morrison
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Today’s quote
Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.
– John Lennon
On this day
5 August 910 – Battle of Tettenhall, in which King Edward and Earl Aethelred defeat the last of the Viking armies to raid England.
5 August 1305 – Scottish revolutionary, William Wallace, captured by English forces near Glasgow. He was transported to London for trial and execution.
5 August 1861 – the United States Army abolishes flogging and increases enlistment terms from 3 months to 2 years.
5 August 1884 – construction of the Statue of Liberty commences in New York City with the laying of the cornerstone.
5 August 1930 – birth of Neil Armstrong, astronaut, first man on the moon. Died 25 August 2012.
5 August 1944 – The Cowra Breakout – The largest prisoner-of-war escape in World War 2, when 1104 Japanese prisoners attempted to breakout of the Australian internment camp at Cowra, New South Wales. Four Australian soldiers and 231 Japanese prisoners were killed during the manhunt. The remaining prisoners were captured and returned to prison.
5 August 1957 – the ‘Andy Capp’ comic strip makes its debut.
5 August 1962 – Marilyn Monroe found dead. She was 36 years old. It is believed she deliberately over-dosed on drugs, but questions remain around whether she administered it voluntarily or someone murdered her. Born 1 July 1926.
5 August 1966 – Datebook magazine quotes John Lennon controversially declaring that the Beatles are more popular than Jesus. Lennon had made the comment on 4 March 1966 in England, where no-one paid attention to it. When Datebook published it in August in the United States it caused an uproar. The full quote was ‘Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn’t argue about that; I’m right and I’ll be proved right. We’re more popular than Jesus now; I don’t know which will go first—rock ‘n’ roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It’s them twisting it that ruins it for me‘.