Both Uses of
lachrymose
in
Jane Eyre
- The best fun was with Madame Joubert: Miss Wilson was a poor sickly thing, lachrymose and low-spirited, not worth the trouble of vanquishing, in short; and Mrs. Grey was coarse and insensible; no blow took effect on her.†
Chpt 17 *
- But I would not be lachrymose: I dashed off the salt drops, and busied myself with preparing breakfast.†
Chpt 37
Definition:
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(lachrymose) tearful, inclined to be tearful, or causing tears