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maudlinism

noun

Etymology

From maudlin + -ism.

  1. derived from Magdalena
  2. derived from Madelaine
  3. derived from Maudelen
  4. suffixed as maudlinism — “maudlin + ism”

Definitions

  1. A maudlin condition.

    • At this precise period of his existence, Mr. Benjamin Allen had perhaps a greater predisposition to maudlinism than he had ever known before[…]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA