Lachrymal

Definition of lachrymal:

part of speech: noun

Same as LACHRYMATORY.

part of speech: adjective

See lacrimal.

part of speech: adjective

Pertaining to tears.

part of speech: adjective

Pertaining to tears; secreting tears; as, lachrymal glands. Also, lacrimal, lacrymal.

part of speech: adjective

Pertaining to tears. secreting or conveying tears.

Usage examples for lachrymal:

• Forced now to go back to your old Adeline, to that lachrymal urn- for, as he no doubt told you, the monster means to watch me night and day; he spoke of a detective! "Cousin Betty", Honore de Balzac.

• Trace them from the lachrymal glands to the nostrils. "Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools", Francis M. Walters, A.M..

• And why at our feast of the clasping of hands Need we turn on the stream of our lachrymal glands? "The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Vol. 5 Poems Of The Class Of '29 (1851-1889)", Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr..