lachrymatory

Speech parts

1. lachrymatory - Noun

2. lachrymatory - Adjective

Meaning

A "tear-bottle;" a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in it. Called also lachrymal or lacrymal.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lachrymal lacrimal lacrimatory cypress elegy crape tear aqueous damp dip bead insipid dolorous coronach knell
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Phrases with the word

lachrymatory gas lachrymatory factor

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Close letter words and terms

lachrymate lachrymation lachrymator lachrymatory factor lachrymatory gas lachrymiform