Maudlin Definition

môdlĭn
adjective
Foolishly and tearfully or weakly sentimental.
Webster's New World
Tearfully sentimental from too much liquor.
Webster's New World

Affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness. [from 17th c.]

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noun

(botany, now historical) Either of two aromatic plants, costmary or sweet yarrow. [from 15th c.]

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Other Word Forms of Maudlin

Noun

Singular:
maudlin
Plural:
maudlins

Origin of Maudlin

  • Middle English form of Mary Magdalene (typically depicted weeping), ultimately from Late Latin Magdalena.

    From Wiktionary

  • Alteration of (Mary) Magdalene who was frequently depicted as a tearful penitent

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Maudlin Sentence Examples

  • Getting all maudlin on this happy outing.

  • You didn't invite me out here to listen to my maudlin rambling.

  • But - I don't want to get too maudlin.

  • It's a maudlin rumination on loathsome rich kids and their disgusting, ill-mannered behavior, and their even more disgusting, ill-mannered behavior, and their even more disgusting, ill-mannered parents.

  • It's a maudlin rumination on loathsome rich kids and their disgusting, ill-mannered behavior, and their even more disgusting, ill-mannered parents.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAU

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NINLIN

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