单词 | maudlinism |
释义 | maudlinismn. The state of being maudlin or readily given to tearful displays of sentiment; (also) an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > drunkenness > maudlin drunkenness maudlinism1830 1830 S. T. Coleridge Marginalia (1980) I. 736 It savors too rankly of Moravian Maudlinism. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxvii. 407 Mr. Benjamin Allen had perhaps a greater predisposition to maudlinism than he had ever known before. 1861 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 4 166/2 Effete Southern maudlinisms. 1974 Times 6 May 6/3 He had drunk himself into maudlinism. 1993 Ukranian Weekly (Nexis) 18 July 11 A striking example of how skillfully Dr. Bohomolets walks the tightrope of sentimentality, without resorting to overt maudlinism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1830 |
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