lachrymosityn.

Brit.

/ˌlakrᵻˈmɒsᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌlækrəˈmɑsədi/

Forms: 1800s– lachrimosity, 1800s– lachrymosity, 1800s– lacrimosity, 1800s– lacrymosity.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lachrymose adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < lachrymose adj. + -ity suffix. Compare -osity suffix.

The quality or condition of being lachrymose; tearfulness, mournfulness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun] > tearful state

tearfulness1820

lachrymosity1835

weepiness1932

1835 Boston Morning Post 29 Oct. 2/3 The mother, too, was touched by her daughter's lachrymosity.

1880 ‘V. Lee’ Stud. 18th Cent. Italy vi. 270 The dullness, the vulgarity, the falseness, the lachrymosity of the Sposa Persiana.

1926 Mod. Philol. 24 90 Lessing early showed a tendency toward lachrymosity.

1991 J. Barnes Talking it Over iii. 40 How could I, an aficionado of opera, fail to respond to lachrymosity?

2004 New Yorker 5 July 95/1 Fatty tends to go in for Jerry Lewis-like lachrymosity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lachrymosity
释义	lachrymosityn. Brit. /ˌlakrᵻˈmɒsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌlækrəˈmɑsədi/ Forms: 1800s– lachrimosity, 1800s– lachrymosity, 1800s– lacrimosity, 1800s– lacrymosity. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lachrymose adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < lachrymose adj. + -ity suffix. Compare -osity suffix. The quality or condition of being lachrymose; tearfulness, mournfulness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun] > tearful state tearfulness1820 lachrymosity1835 weepiness1932 1835 Boston Morning Post 29 Oct. 2/3 The mother, too, was touched by her daughter's lachrymosity. 1880 ‘V. Lee’ Stud. 18th Cent. Italy vi. 270 The dullness, the vulgarity, the falseness, the lachrymosity of the Sposa Persiana. 1926 Mod. Philol. 24 90 Lessing early showed a tendency toward lachrymosity. 1991 J. Barnes Talking it Over iii. 40 How could I, an aficionado of opera, fail to respond to lachrymosity? 2004 New Yorker 5 July 95/1 Fatty tends to go in for Jerry Lewis-like lachrymosity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1835
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