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MAUDLINLY
Etymology
Adverb
maudlinly (comparative more maudlinly, superlative most maudlinly)
In a maudlin fashion.
Source: Wiktionary
MAUDLIN
Maud"lin, a. Etym: [From Maudlin, a contr. of Magdalen, OE. Maudeleyne, who is drawn by painters with eyes swelled and red with weeping.]
1. Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly. "Maudlin eyes." Dryden. "Maudlin eloquence." Roscommon. "A maudlin poetess." Pope. "Maudlin crowd." Southey.
2. Drunk, or somewhat drunk; fuddled; given to drunkenness. Maudlin Clarence in his malmsey butt. Byron.
Maud"lin, Maude"line, n. (Bot.)
Definition: An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the South European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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