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lachrymatory

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12 lettersPronunciation /ˈlækɹɪmətəɹi/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aachlmorrtyyStarts with LEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. relating to or prompting tears

Word origin

From Latin lachrymātōrius. By surface analysis, lachrymate + -ory.

Used in a sentence

  • 1919: It is sheer affectation to lacerate a man with the poisonous fragment of a bursting shell and to boggle at making his eyes water by means of lachrymatory gas. — Winston Churchill, "1919 War Office Memorandum"
  • 1658: For beside these Lachrymatories, notable Lamps with Vessels of Oyles and Aromaticall Liquors attended noble Ossuaries. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21)

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