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   The meaning of MAUDLIN is drunk enough to be emotionally silly. How to use maudlin in a sentence. Did you know?

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   OED's earliest evidence for maudlin is from 1607, in the writing of Thomas Middleton, playwright. It is also recorded as a noun from the Middle English period (1150—1500). maudlin is formed within English, by conversion.

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   MAUDLIN definition: 1. feeling sad and sorry for yourself, especially after you have drunk a lot of alcohol 2. feeling…. Learn more.

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   There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun maudlin, five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   When something is described as maudlin, it implies a sense of cloying sentimentality or an attempt to manipulate emotions for a particular effect. While maudlin can sometimes be seen as a positive trait, it is often viewed negatively as a sign of insincerity or manipulation.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishMAUDLIN definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If you describe someone as maudlin, you mean that they are being sad and sentimental in a foolish way, perhaps because of drinking alcohol.

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   What does maudlin mean?

   • Nowadays, maudlin is used to describe someone or something that expresses sadness or sentimentality in an exaggerated way; however, the “maudlin drunk” meaning was so intoxicating that it stuck around and became the “drunk enough to be emotionally silly” sense still in use today, as in “after a few glasses of port he became quite maudlin.”

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   What is a maudlin man?

   • He's someone whose best songs allow him to make emotional, even moving music without becoming maudlin or melodramatic or, heaven forbid, sentimental. It's a remarkably smart book, but is sometimes dismissed as maudlin.

   MAUDLIN | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   When was maudlin first used?

   • The earliest known use of the adjective maudlin is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for maudlin is from 1607, in the writing of Thomas Middleton, playwright. It is also recorded as a noun from the Middle English period (1150—1500). maudlin is formed within English, by conversion.

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   Is maudelein a muscado?

   • Maudelein is without doubt a kinde of Costmarie. They hot Muscado oft with milder Maudlin cast. Ageratum purpureum, Purple sweete Maudeline. Small Maudlin hath the stalk full of small slender leaves of whitish green. Maudlin, is a kind of Agrimony, & flowers about July. Ageratum, Ageratum, off. or Costus Hortorum, is, in English, Maudlin.

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8. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › maudlinMAUDLIN | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   MAUDLIN meaning: 1. feeling sad and sorry for yourself, especially after you have drunk a lot of alcohol 2. feeling…. Learn more.