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This week's theme Words to describe people This week's words contumacious lachrymose peripatetic obstreperous coeval Today's word in Visual Thesaurus License Our Material Not just email, our daily words appear in various media, from newspapers to digital picture frames. You too can license our material for your newspaper, magazine, website, newsletter, etc. See details. Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg lachrymose PRONUNCIATION: (LAK-ruh-mos) MEANING: adjective: 1. Tearful. 2. Relating to or inducing tears. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin lacrima (tear). USAGE: "The lachrymose John Terry then delivered himself of a self-serving open letter to the fans a few days later. ... He wasn't ashamed to admit he had cried and that Wednesday night would haunt him forever." Pat Murphy; Shed No Tears For Chelsea; Birmingham Post (UK); May 27, 2008. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: It is one thing to show a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of the truth. -John Locke, philosopher (1632-1704)

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