English Explanatory Dictionary

maudlin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The Magdalene; Mary Magdalene.
  2. Either of two aromatic plants, costmary or sweet yarrow.
  3. A Magdalene house; a brothel.
adj
  1. Affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness.
  2. Extravagantly or excessively sentimental; mawkish, self-pitying.
  3. Tearful, lachrymose.
name
  1. A surname originating as a matronymic.
  2. Alternative form of Magdalen (“Magdalen College, Oxford”).

Pronunciation

/ˈmɔːd.lɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-maudlin.wav /ˈmɑːd.lɪn/ En-us-maudlin.ogg

Word forms

maudlin maudlins more maudlin most maudlin Maudling Maulding

Etymology

From Middle English Maudelen, a dialectal form of Mary Magdalene (typically depicted weeping), from Old French Madelaine (whence Madeleine), from Late Latin Magdalena (see Magdalena, Magdalene, and Maudlin).

Synonyms

mushy sappy schmaltzy drippy soupy slushy Adrian Quist adrip aled up all mops and brooms arseholed a sheet in the wind a sheet in the wind's eye bedrunken befuddled beliquored besotted besotten bevvied bibacious bibulous binned bingoed bladdered blasted blewed blind blind drunk blitzed blocked blootered blottoed blue bollocksed bombed boozy bosky bottled Brahms Brahms and Liszt budgy bungalowed bungfu burlin' canned clobbered corned cocked cockeyed crapulous crocked cunted cup-shot cup-shotten cut dead drunk destroyed disguised drunk drunk as a piper

Derived words

maudlinism maudlinize maudlinly maudlinness maudlinwort sweet maudlin unmaudlin
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