unlachrymose

== English == === Etymology === From un- +‎ lachrymose. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ənlăkʹrĭmōs, IPA(key): /ənˈlækɹɪməʊs/ === Adjective === unlachrymose (not comparable) Not lachrymose. Free from dejection and melancholy; not vexed or weighed down by circumstances. Tearless; not given to crying. Unsentimental. Unamenable to appeals of emotion. 1975: The Spectator, volume 235, part 2, page 13 (F.C. Westley) But the really dangerous people would be the servants, la valetaille et la piétaille, the cold-eyed, unimpressionable, unlachrymose, and, when encountered in a corridor, insolent observers of Rousseau’s magisterial performances. Not schmaltzy; expressed without gratuitous sorrow. 1990: Joel Flegler, Fanfare, volume 13, issues 5–6, page 368 (sub nomine sui) The off-handed elegance and freedom of Dino Borgioli’s Duke make him seem utterly charming and irresistible. His use of legato and the sweetness he can call upon are worthy of an unlachrymose Gigli. Unmournful; free from lamentation.