larmoyantadj.
/lɑːˈmɔɪənt/ Given to tears, lachrymose.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adjective]
weepingc900
wopi?c1225
greetingfula1340
greetyc1350
weeplyc1374
weepfula1382
weepinglyc1440
lachrymablec1450
moistc1450
lachrymous1490
rainy1563
tearfula1586
greeting1588
collachrymate1593
crying1594
onion-eyeda1616
maudlinc1616
rheumatica1627
fluxed1628
lachrymalc1630
crystal-droppinga1650
showery1654
lugent1656
Niobean1665
lachrymary1693
lachrymose1727
moist-eyed1797
larmoyant1824
pluviose1824
ploratory1831
lachrymating1837
screwmatic1847
pipy1861
weepy1863
blarting1898
leaky1905
1813 Ld. Byron Let. 2 Oct. (1974) III. 131 But thou know'st I can be a right merry and conceited fellow, and rarely ‘larmoyant’.]
1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) I. 81 Ellen and I, although not at all larmoyante sort of people, had much ado not to cry.
1897 Naturalist 270 Another strange face, though not so larmoyant, provocative of laughter unto tears.
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