a. rare. [f. L. lacrima tear + -OUS. Cf. OF. lacrimeus.] † a. Of an ulcer: Exuding drops like tears (obs.). b. = LACHRYMOSE 2.
1490. Caxton, Eneydos, viii. 35. Lacrymous and playnynge sorowes.
1612. Woodall, Surg. Mate, Wks. (1653), 216. An excellent remedy against any lacrimous or weeping ulcers.
1866. J. B. Rose, trans. Ovid’s Fasti, II. 399. Bidding performed by servants lachrymous.
