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sentimentality
English
Etymology
sentimental +? -ity
Noun
sentimentality (plural sentimentalities)
- An act or state of being sentimental.
Translations
sentimentality From the web:
maudlin
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)
- (obsolete, Christianity) The Magdalene; Mary Magdalene. [14th-16th c.]
- c. 1400, Nicholas Love (trans.), The Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ:
- c. 1400, Nicholas Love (trans.), The Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ:
- (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:
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 186:
- (obsolete) A Magdalene house; a brothel. [17th c.]
Adjective
maudlin (comparative more maudlin, superlative most maudlin)
- 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
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 6:
- Extravagantly or excessively sentimental; mawkish, self-pitying. [from 17th c.]
- 1961, CS Lewis, A Grief Observed
- 1961, CS Lewis, A Grief Observed
- (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
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