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larmoyant, a.|lɑːˈmɔɪənt|
[ad. F. larmoyant, pres. pple. of larmoyer to be tearful, f. larme tear.]
Given to tears, lachrymose.
[1813Byron Let. 2 Oct. in Moore Life (1830) II. 430 But thou know'st I can be a right merry and conceited fellow, and rarely ‘larmoyant’.] 1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 81 Ellen and I, although not at all larmoyante sort of people, had much ado not to cry. 1897Naturalist 270 Another strange face, though not so larmoyant, provocative of laughter unto tears. |