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  Lachryma Christi

  noun

  a table wine produced from grapes grown near Vesuvius, in Italy.
• lachryma Christi
  lachryma Christi

  noun

  a red or white wine from the bay of Naples in S Italy

Lachryma Christi

American  

[lak-ruh-muh kris-tee] / ˈlæk rə mə ˈkrɪs ti /

Or Lacrima Christi

noun

1. a table wine produced from grapes grown near Vesuvius, in Italy.

2. a medium dry, sparkling wine produced in the Piedmont region of Italy.

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lachryma Christi British  

/ ˈlækrəmə ˈkrɪstɪ /

noun

1. a red or white wine from the bay of Naples in S Italy

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Etymology

Origin of Lachryma Christi

First recorded in 1605–15, Lachryma Christi is from Latin lachryma Christī literally, “tear of Christ”

Example Sentences

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I thought they would rest at the Hermitage, drink some Lachryma Christi, and go back.

From The American Baron by James De Mille

Lachryma Christi, a sweet wine of a red or amber colour, produced from grapes grown on Mount Vesuvius.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

There is something a little shocking to a Yankee mind in the label of Lachryma Christi; but in La Mancha they call fritters the Grace of God.

From Castilian Days by John Hay

Tell him to see that the Champagne is not too warm, nor the Johannisberg to cold; the Sillery too dry, nor the Lachryma Christi too acid.

From Joseph II. and His Court by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

On the ancient lava-streams old trees grew, the most luscious grapes ripened on the flanks of the mountain, and from their descendants is pressed out at the present day a wine called Lachryma Christi.

From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Sven Anders Hedin

O lachryma Christi, it is of the best grape!

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by Peter Anthony Motteux

Tasted the custode’s lachryma Christi, which, if it be as good of the sort as he pretends, is middling stuff, but not bad with water.

From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I by Henry Reeve