Etymology

fletiferous

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Today it means: Producing tears. Full definition →

Latin fletifer
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  1. Latin · derived fromfletifer
  2. English todayfletiferous

From Latin fletifer, from fletus (“a weeping”) (from flere, fletum (“to weep”)) + ferre (“to bear”).

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