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teary, a.|ˈtɪərɪ|
[f. tear n.1 + -y.]
1. Full of or suffused with tears; tearful. Now colloq. Also transf.
c1374Chaucer Troylus iv. 793 (821) She gan for sorwe anon Hire tery face atwixe hire armes hyde. a1541Wyatt How Lover perisheth in his delight, With my teary eyn, swolne, and vnstable. 1848Lowell Biglow Pap. Ser. i. Courtin' xxi, All kin' o' smily roun' the lips An' teary roun' the lashes. 1863W. Millar in Whistle Binkie (1890) I. 473 My e'e grew dim and tearie. 1890Pall Mall G. 18 Dec. 2/1 As we drop down the grey Thames we are a teary and a melancholy company. 1941B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? iii. 45 Full of teary nostalgia for the glories of his youth. 1976Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Aug. 1010/2 Paul delivers a long, teary monologue about his homosexuality.
Comb.1949N. R. Nash Young & Fair i. i. 10 But Patty is unashamedly teary-eyed. 1960R. St. John Foreign Correspondent iv. 64 We grew teary-eyed trying to fry a fish or a piece of meat over the brazier.
2. Of the nature of or consisting of tears. rare.
c1420Lydg. Story of Thebes iii. Chaucer's Wks. (1560) 372/2 Whan the stormes, and the teary shoure Of her weping, was somwhat ouergon. 1594Constable Sonn. v. viii, And on the shoare of that salt tearie sea. a1600Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxxvii. 4 A tearie fluid does blind thir ees of myne. 1830Fraser's Mag. I. 503 Did the God of Hell..weep..the iron sleet of teary shower? |