maudlin

maudlin

1. tunteileva

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maudlin

tunteellinen, tunnepitoinen, banaali, imelä, siirappinen, äitelä, nyyhky-, kyynelehtivä, mauton, haaveileva, sentimentaalinen, tunteileva, ällöttävä.

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alin, valin, elin, puhe-elin, kone-elin, pääte-elin, puolue-elin, tarttumaelin, virtsaelin, rintaelin...

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Englannin sanakirja

maudlin englanniksi

1. puhekieltä The Magdalene; (w). (defdate)

2. c. 1400, (w) (trans.), The Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ:

for alle they worſchipden hir ſouereynly / as worthy was / but ſpecially Mawdelayne / that wolde neuere departe fro hir.

3. puhekieltä Either of two aromatic plants, costmary or sweet yarrow. (defdate)

4. 1653, (w), The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 186:

Common Maudlin have somewhat long and narrow leaves, snipped about the edges.

5. puhekieltä A Magdalene house; a brothel. (defdate)

6. affectionate Affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness. (defdate)

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8. around 1900, O. Henry, s:The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball|The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball

He was a drunkard, and had not known it. What he had fondly imagined was a pleasant exhilaration had been maudlin intoxication.

9. extravagantly Extravagantly or excessively sentimental; mawkish, self-pitying. (defdate)

10. 1961, w:C. S. Lewis|CS Lewis, w:A Grief Observed|A Grief Observed

''On the rebound one passes into tears and pathos. Maudlin tears. I almost prefer the moments of agony. These are at least clean and honest. But the bath of self-pity, the wallow, the loathsome sticky-sweet pleasure of indulging it — that disgusts me.

11. puhekieltä tearful Tearful, lachrymose. (defdate)

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