lachrymal — ODE

lachrymal /ˈlakrɪml

/ (also lacrimal or lacrymal)

▸ adjective

1 formal, or literary connected with weeping or tears:

that lachrymal, then guilt-ridden hour.

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

lacrimal cells.

▸ noun

1 Anatomy (lacrimal or lacrimal bone) 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’.