maudlin

[ mawd-lin ]

adj.teary, overemotional

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Word Origin & History

c.1600, "tearful," from Middle English fem. proper name Maudelen (early 14c.), from Magdalene (Old French Madelaine), woman's name, originally surname of Mary the repentant sinner forgiven by Jesus in Luke vii:37 (see Magdalene). In paintings, she often was shown weeping as a sign of repentance. Meaning "characterized by tearful sentimentality" is recorded by 1630s.

Example Sentences formaudlin

The world has been degenerating into a maudlin state of sentiment for some years.

So was he above the maudlin sentiment of the "great lovers of noble histories."

"And are damned for a croaking, maudlin' craven," added Joseph.

"Ill-fated, indeed, an all accounts be true," returned Crispin in a maudlin voice.

He is probably an edifying spectacle by this time, a mush of maudlin penitence.

Lorimer had gone to bed, the night before, in a state of maudlin cheeriness.

But it bore a different aspect in the eyes of his maudlin brother.

There shall be permitted no maudlin sentiment of pity in this undertaking.

"So you—are a respectable girl," said the woman, in a maudlin voice.

What kind of middle-aged, maudlin moonshine is this, anyway?

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