lachrymatory Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective relating to or prompting tears
    lacrimatory.

WordNet

Lach"ry*ma*to*ry noun
Etymology
Cf. F. lacrymatoire.
Wordforms
plural -ries
Definitions
  1. (Antiq.) A "tear-bottle;" a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in it. Called also lachrymal or lacrymal.

Webster 1913