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   maud·lin

   /ˈmôdl(ə)n/

   adjective

   • 1. self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness: "the drink made her maudlin" Similar sentimentaloversentimentalemotionaloveremotionaltearfullachrymoseinformal:weepyOpposite austereundemonstrative

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a noun denoting Mary Magdalen): from Old French Madeleine, from Church Latin Magdalena (see magdalene). The current sense derives from allusion to pictures of Mary Magdalen weeping.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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