different between tears vs lachrymatory

English

Pronunciation

Noun and verb related to the liquid from the eyes:

• (General American) IPA^(key): /t??z/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??z/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ti??z/
• Rhymes: -??(?)z

Noun and verb related to rending or ripping:

• (General American) IPA^(key): /t??z/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??z/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /te??z/

Noun

tears

1. plural of tear
2. viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting

Verb

tears

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tear

Anagrams

• 'earts, -aster, Aters, Sater, TASer, Taser, Tesar, arets, arste, aster, earst, rates, reast, resat, setar, stare, stear, tares, tarse, taser, teras

English

Etymology

From Latin type *lacrimatorius, from lacrimare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?læk??m?t??i/

Adjective

lachrymatory (comparative more lachrymatory, superlative most lachrymatory)

1. Pertaining to or causing tears.
   • 1919: It is sheer affectation to lacerate a man with the poisonous fragment of a bursting shell and to boggle at making his eyes water by means of lachrymatory gas. — Winston Churchill, "1919 War Office Memorandum"

Translations

Noun

lachrymatory (plural lachrymatories)

1. (archaeology) A vase intended to hold tears, formerly used by archaeologists to designate certain urns found in Roman burials.
   • 1658: For beside these Lachrymatories, notable Lamps with Vessels of Oyles and Aromaticall Liquors attended noble Ossuaries. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21)

Synonyms

• lacrimal
• lachrymal

Translations