different between maudlin vs sentiment

English

Etymology

From Middle English Maudelen, a dialectal form of Mary Magdalene (typically depicted weeping), from Old French Madelaine, from Late Latin Magdalena.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m??d.l?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?d.l?n/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?m?d.l?n/

Noun

maudlin (plural maudlins)

1. (obsolete, Christianity) The Magdalene; Mary Magdalene. [14th-16th c.]
   • c. 1400, Nicholas Love (trans.), The Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ:

2. (historical) Either of two aromatic plants, costmary or sweet yarrow. [from 15th c.]
   • 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 186:

3. (obsolete) A Magdalene house; a brothel. [17th c.]

Adjective

maudlin (comparative more maudlin, superlative most maudlin)

1. Affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness. [from 17th c.]
   • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 6:

   • around 1900, O. Henry, The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball

2. Extravagantly or excessively sentimental; mawkish, self-pitying. [from 17th c.]
   • 1961, CS Lewis, A Grief Observed

3. (obsolete) Tearful, lachrymose. [17th-19th c.]

Synonyms

• (affectionately sentimental): mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, soupy, slushy
  • (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk
• (excessively sentimental): emotional, overwrought, soppy
• (tearful): larmoyant, mournful, plaintful, teary, weepy; see also Thesaurus:sad

Translations

Anagrams

• Mauldin, indlamu

English

Etymology

From Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n.t?.m?nt/

Noun

sentiment (countable and uncountable, plural sentiments)

1. A general thought, feeling, or sense.

   The sentiment emerged that we were acting too soon.
2. (uncountable) Feelings, especially tender feelings, as apart from reason or judgment, or of a weak or foolish kind.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin sentimentum; sentir +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /s?n.ti?ment/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /s?n.ti?men/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /sen.ti?ment/

Noun

sentiment m (plural sentiments)

1. emotion; feeling; sentiment

Related terms

• sentimental
• sentimentalisme

See also

• emoció

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French sentiment, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n.ti?m?nt/
• Hyphenation: sen?ti?ment
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

sentiment n (plural sentimenten)

1. (countable, uncountable) sentiment

Derived terms

• sentimenteel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sentiment
• ? Indonesian: sentimen

French

Etymology

From Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??.ti.m??/

Noun

sentiment m (plural sentiments)

1. A sentiment, general thought, sense or feeling.
2. An opinion.

Related terms

• sentir

Further reading

• “sentiment” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin sentimentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [senti?men]

Noun

sentiment m (plural sentiments)

1. feeling (emotion; impression)
2. feeling, intuition
3. sentiment, emotion

Related terms

• sentimental
• sentir

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, ?ISBN, page 906.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sentiment, Latin sentimentum. Cf. also sim??mânt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sen.ti?ment/

Noun

sentiment n (plural sentimente)

1. sentiment, thought, sense, feeling

   Synonyms: sim?ire, (dated) sim??mânt

2. belief, opinion

   Synonyms: credin??, opinie, convingere

Declension