crysome en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From cry + -some.
Meanings
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Characterised by crying or weeping; tearful; lamentful
His fancies are often as sweet and as heavenly, as those which "may make a crysome child to smile."
1821, Charles Kitchell Gardner, The Literary and Scientific Repository, and Critical Review:In all the preceding years, with all my nieces and nephews, with Tegan herself, when a tiny person got crysome, I handed them back to the person responsible for them, secure in the knowledge that nothing I could do would appease them so I didn't have to try.
2008, Dorothy Koomson, My Best Friend's Girl:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more crysome | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most crysome | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Synonyms
moist · teary · cryey · sobful · maudlin · tearful · lachrymose · sobful · lachrymate · teary · watery · larmoyant · cryey · crysome · weepy