lachrymose /ˈlakrɪməʊs 
/ ▸ adjective tearful or given to weeping: she was pink-eyed and lachrymose.
▪ inducing tears; sad: a lachrymose children's classic.
– ORIGIN mid 17th century (in the sense ‘like tears; liable to exude in drops’): from Latin lacrimosus, from lacrima ‘tear’.
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