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maudlin definition

maud·lin (môd′lin)

adjective

  1. foolishly and tearfully or weakly sentimental
  2. tearfully sentimental from too much liquor

Etymology: after Maudlin, Magdalene < ME Maudeleyne < OFr Madeleine: Magdalene was often represented with eyes red from weeping

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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