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(s̸hmälts, s̸hmôlts)

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noun

highly sentimental and banal music, literature, etc.
banal or excessive sentimentalism

Origin: ? via Yiddish < Ger schmaltz, lit., rendered fat, akin to schmelzen, to melt: see smelt

Also sp. schmalz

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schmaltzy adjective schmaltzier, schmaltziest

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also schmalz

noun

Informal
a. Excessively sentimental art or music.
b. Maudlin sentimentality.
Liquid fat, especially chicken fat.

Origin:

Origin: Yiddish shmalts, animal fat, sentimentality

Origin: , from Middle High German smalz, animal fat

Origin: , from Old High German; see mel-¹ in Indo-European roots

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