lachrymose

October 3, 2009 | 1 Comment

tearful or given to weeping

I just read an article that described Rainer Maria Rilke as, among other things, lachrymose.

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Dad | October 3, 2009 1:35 PM | Reply

I am mortified!! All these years I have been using that word incorrectly as describing persons with sloping eyebrows. Thanks for setting me straight.

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