How to pronounce“lachrymatory”in English
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Definitions of “lachrymatory”
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"”
A vase supposedly 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)”
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