Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
lacrymable , etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Lamentable.
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- adjective archaic
lamentable
Etymologies
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Latin lacrimabilis, from lacrima a tear.
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Examples
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If ancient GILDAS speak the truth, Great Britain was no contemptible place twelve hundred years ago -- the period when he lived and wrote his lachrymable history.
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
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