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‖ lachryma Christi|ˈlækrɪmə ˈkrɪstaɪ|
Also 7 lachrymæ Christi, and simply 9 lacrima, 8 pl. lacrimæ.
[L. = It. lagrima (or lagrime) di Cristo Christ's tear (or tears).]
A strong and sweet red wine of southern Italy.
[1611Coryat Crudities (1776) II. 72 Their Lagryme di Christo..so toothsome and delectable to the taste.] 1670–81Blount, Glossogr., Lachrymæ Christi. 1731Fielding Author's Farce ii. i, Tokay I have drank, and Lacrimæ I have drank. 1820Blackw. Mag. VIII. 44 The Parsons should grow misty On good Lac Virginis, or Lachryma Christi. 1842Lytton Zanoni i. iii, The old lácrima, a present from the good Cardinal. 1880Macm. Mag. XLI. 237 The ‘red fat sweet and gratefully poignant wine’..called Lachryma Christi.
Substitute for def.: A white, red, or pink Italian wine, either still or sparkling, orig. made from grapes grown on the slopes of Mt. Vesuvius but now produced in other regions of Italy. (Earlier and later examples.)
1653T. Urquhart tr. Rabelais's Works (1664) i. v. 29 O lachryma Christi, it is of the best grape;..O the fine white wine. 1877E. S. Dallas Kettner's Bk. of Table 452 Some of the Italian white wines—as white Capri or white Lachryma Christi. 1959W. James Word-bk. Wine 107 Lacryma Cristi..is grown in the Naples area..and may be red, white, or rosé; in northern Italy they make a sparkling Lacryma Cristi which is on the sweet side. 1975P. V. Price Taste of Wine v. 68/2 The Greco grape that makes white Lacrima Christi is capable of producing wines of good acidity and more bouquet than might be expected so far south. 1980― Dict. Wines & Spirits 193 Lacrima (Lachryma) Christi... The wine gets its name because of a legend that Christ, looking down on the beautiful Bay of Naples, wept at the sins of the inhabitants. |