He was so larmoyant the other morning, that I did not dare to ask him any questions about it.    From Wordnik.com.  [George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life] Reference

But thou know'st I can be a right merry and conceited fellow, and rarely 'larmoyant.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals] Reference

He prepared some plays based on Spanish dramas in opposition to the spread of the sentimental drama as represented by the drame larmoyant and tragédie bourgeoise of French origin.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference

"I do my best," she said in a larmoyant tone, "but I can't do everything, what with having to cook, and clean, and run up and down stairs with notes, and answer the bell every other minute to lords.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nebuly Coat] Reference

Written in prose, it represents the introduction into Spain of that form of the sentimental drama, or melodrama, which had been developed in French, as the drame larmoyant or drame bourgeois, by Diderot and.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent] Reference