mawkish
mawkish definition
mawk·ish (mô′kis̸h)
adjective
- having a sweet, weak, sickening taste; insipid or nauseating
- sentimental in a weak, insipid way, so as to be sickening
Etymology: lit., maggoty < ME mawke, maggot < ON mathkr < IE base *math-, gnawing vermin > moth
Related Forms:
- mawkishly mawk′·ishly adverb
- mawkishness mawk′·ish·ness noun
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