lachrymose
AdjectiveUS[lak-ree-mohz]/ˈlækriˌmoʊz/3 syllables
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Lach′ry·mose′ adjective
Origin: L. lacrymosus, better lacrimosus, fr. lacrima, lacruma (also badly spelt lachryma) a tear, for older dacrima, akin to E. tear. See Tear the secretion.
Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful.
You should have seen his lachrymose visnomy.— Charles Lamb
— Lach′wb-a1′>′ry·mose′wb-a2′>′ly, adverb
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54