Meaning and example
shedding tears
The passage used "lacrimation" to mean shedding tears.
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 0.066 places lacrimation in the rare range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 52.7% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
- Known by
- 52.6%
marked by blithe unconcern
- Known by
- 52.8%
the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
- Known by
- 52.3%
of very poor quality or condition
- Known by
- 52.4%
underhandedly or improperly inducing someone to do something improper or unlawful
- Known by
- 52.3%
the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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