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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”

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My good friend Salvador brought me a glass of Lachryma Christi and the leg of a chicken; and with recruited spirits we mounted our animals and again started.

From The Diary of an Ennuyée by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson

So the molten lava which once poured from the fiery mouth of Vesuvius has become the soil of thriving vineyards, which produce the priceless Lachryma Christi wine.

From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Maturin Murray Ballou

"Lachryma Christi?" asked Hawbury, in an interrogative tone.

From The American Baron by James De Mille

It was hard work to get on; and we were glad enough to reach the Hermitage and Observatory, where we tossed off a glass of Lachryma Christi to restore us.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 by Various

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

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

O lachryma Christi, it is of the best grape!

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