maudlin
11maudlin — maud|lin [ˈmo:dlın US ˈmo: ] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Maudlin Mary Magdalen (14 16 centuries), from Old French Madeleine, from Latin Magdalena; because she was shown in pictures as crying] 1.) talking or behaving in a sad, silly, and… …
12Maudlin — And now where er he goes Among the Galilean mountains Or more unwelcome ways, He s followed by two faithful fountains; Two walking baths; Two weeping motions; Portable and compendious oceans. The English poet Richard Crashaw (1613 1649) wrote… …
13maudlin — maudlinism, n. maudlinly, adv. maudlinness, n. /mawd lin/, adj. 1. tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental: a maudlin story of a little orphan and her lost dog. 2. foolishly or mawkishly sentimental because of drunkenness. [1500 10;… …
14maudlin — [16] Maudlin represents a gradual erosion of the pronunciation of Magdalen (exhibited also in the case of the Oxford and Cambridge colleges that have taken that name). The word originated as the name given to a woman called Mary who came from… …
15maudlin — adjective 1) maudlin self pity Syn: sentimental, oversentimental, emotional, overemotional, tearful, lachrymose; informal weepy, misty eyed See note at sentimental 2) a maudlin ballad Syn …
16maudlin — [16] Maudlin represents a gradual erosion of the pronunciation of Magdalen (exhibited also in the case of the Oxford and Cambridge colleges that have taken that name). The word originated as the name given to a woman called Mary who came from… …
17maudlin — adjective /ˈmɔːd.lɪn,ˈmɑd.lɪn,ˈmɔd.lɪn/ a) Extravagantly or excessively sentimental; self pitying. On the rebound one passes into tears and pathos. Maudlin tears. I almost prefer the moments of agony. These are at least clean and honest. But the… …
18Maudlin — Usually recorded in the modern spellings of Maudlen, Maudlin and Maudling, this is an English surname. It was introduced into England either by the Norman French invaders of 1066, or more likely a century or so later when the Knight Templars or… …
19maudlin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. weepy, teary, sobby; sentimental; drunk. See feeling. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. mawkish, Romantic, mushy*, teary*, weepy*, weak, insipid, gushing; see also emotional 2 , sentimental . III (Roget s …
20maudlin — maud•lin [[t]ˈmɔd lɪn[/t]] adj. 1) embarrassingly sentimental 2) mawkishly foolish from drink • Etymology: 1500–10; from attributive use of Maudlin, « LL Magdalēnē < Gk Magdalēnḗ Mary Magdalene, portrayed as a weeping penitent maud′lin•ism, n …
