Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Wateriness of the eyes; excessive secretion of tears; lacrimation; epiphora.
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Winston Churchill's oft-repeated statement about how he had nothing to offer but "blood, toil, tears and sweat" would have elicited nothing but puzzlement had he replaced that quartet of short nouns with the synonyms vermeil, moiling, delacrimation and sudorification.
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