lachrymation

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A form of lacrimation — The shedding or flow of tears; crying.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

nounlachrymation (usually uncountable, plural lachrymations)

plural lachrymations

  1. alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative form of lacrimation.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounshedding tears

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From the Medieval Latin form lachryma. By surface analysis, lachrymate + -ion.

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APA

lachrymation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lachrymation

MLA

“lachrymation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lachrymation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lachrymation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lachrymation.

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