lachrymal — ONAD

lachrymal /ˈlakrəməl, ˈlækrəməl

/ (also lacrimal or lacrymal)

▸ adjective

1 formal or literary connected with weeping or tears:

that hysterical, then lachrymal, then guilt-ridden hour.

2 (lacrimal) Physiology & Anatomy concerned with the secretion of tears:

lacrimal cells.

▸ noun

1 (lacrimal or lacrimal bone) Anatomy a small bone forming part of the eye socket.

– ORIGIN late Middle English (in lachrymal (SENSE 2 OF THE adjective)): from medieval Latin lachrymalis, from Latin lacrima ‘tear’.