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单词 maudlin
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maudlinn.

Brit. /ˈmɔːdlᵻn/, U.S. /ˈmɔdl(ə)n/, /ˈmɑdl(ə)n/
Forms: Middle English maudelaine, Middle English maudelayne, Middle English mavdelen, Middle English mawdelayn, Middle English mawdelayne, Middle English mawdelen, Middle English mawdelene, Middle English maydelyn, Middle English 1600s maudlein, Middle English–1500s maudelen, Middle English–1500s maudeleyn, Middle English–1500s maudeleyne, Middle English–1500s mawdleyn, late Middle English madelyn (in a late copy), late Middle English mawdele (in compounds), 1500s maudelein, 1500s maudelene, 1500s maudelyn, 1500s maudleine, 1500s maudlene, 1500s mawdelein, 1500s mawdeleyn, 1500s–1600s mawdelin, 1500s–1600s mawdlyn, 1500s–1600s 1800s maudlen, 1600s maudline, 1600s maudlinge, 1600s maudlyn, 1600s mawdlen, 1600s mawdlin, 1600s mawdline, 1600s– maudlin; Scottish pre-1700 madelan, pre-1700 madelen, pre-1700 maidlyn.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English maudelain , maudlin adj.
Etymology: < maudelain, maudelen, etc., Middle English forms (see below) of the name of Mary Magdalene, ultimately (probably via Old French) < post-classical Latin Maria Magdalena (see Magdalene n.). In branch II. < maudlin adj.See Magdalene n. for the semantic overlap of the two forms of the word. For examples of the Magdalene's name in Middle English and early modern English compare:c1250 in Englische Studien (1935) 70 241 Ha was suiþe bliþe marie maudelain.a1400 (?a1325) Medit. on Supper of our Lord (Harl.) (1875) 445 To maudelens hous Ion went.a1425 (?1384) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 382 And so þis Marie Mawdeleyn..sat..at Jesus feet.a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 339 Mawdleyn witnes beres that ihesus rose from ded.1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare v. x. 345 S. Augustine imagineth Christe to say unto Marie Maudlen,..I will Ascende up unto my Father.1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 45 Gehezy, Lots huswife,..Rough Esau and Mawdlin.
I. Senses deriving from the proper name.
†1.
a. = Magdalene n. 1a. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Biblical personages > disciple > [noun] > female > Mary Magdalen
maudlinc1300
the Magdalenea1325
c1300 St. Mary Magdalen (Laud) 18 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 462 (MED) In þe Castel of Magdale þis faire wumman was i-bore; heo was icleoped in propre name ‘þe Maudeleyne’ riȝht þare-fore.
c1300 St. Mary Magdalen (Laud) 171 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 467 Marie þe Maudeleyne and hire broþur lazarus, And heore suster Martha.
?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 155 (MED) Seint Mari bastard, þe Maudlein is sone.
c1425 Evangelie (Bodl. Add.) 1634 in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1915) 30 604 (MED) Þe maudeleyn..and oþir..oynementz in her hondes bere þat bodi to smere.
c1450 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Prol. 428 He made also..Origenes upon the Maudeleyne.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 347 (MED) She..that wepyd so sare, the mawdleyn at his graue.
?a1525 (c1450) Christ's Burial & Resurrection i. 59 in F. J. Furnivall Digby Plays (1896) 173 I here the mawdleyn bitterly compleyn.
b. A penitent resembling Mary Magdalene. Cf. Magdalene n. 2a. Obsolete.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > [noun] > one who is reformed > reformed prostitute
Magdalene1563
convertite1565
maudlin1601
1601 Passion Discontented Minde sig. Biv To play a poore lamenting Mawdlines part, That would weepe streames of bloud to be forgiuen.
1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman 33 They fall into a poore Maudlins distemper, by giuing raines to passion, till it estrange them from the soueraignty of reason.
2. Botany. Either of two aromatic plants, costmary Tanacetum balsamita, and sweet yarrow, Achillea ageratum (more fully sweet maudlin). Now historical.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > yielding condiments or used in food preparation > [noun] > used to flavour beer > alecost or costmary
costmary?a1425
alecost?c1450
maudlina1475
balm-mint1562
balsam-mint1578
Bible-leaf1851
balsam-tansy1865
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > achillea
maudlin1548
knighten-milfoil1578
knighten-yarrow1578
knight's milfoil1578
white tansy1578
achillea1597
maudlin tansy1668
milfoil1789
a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 126 Gynger valadyne & maydelyn ar not so holsom in mete.
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. D.i Thys is not Eupatorium Mesues, for that is called in englishe Maudlene.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lxxvi. 250 The second kinde [of Balsamynte] is called..in English Mawdelein.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 524 Maudelein is without doubt a kinde of Costmarie.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xv. 241 They hot Muscado oft with milder Maudlin cast.
1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 78 Ageratum purpureum, Purple sweete Maudeline.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 98/2 Small Maudlin hath the stalk full of small slender leaves of whitish green.
1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 130 Maudlin, is a kind of Agrimony, & flowers about July.
1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum (at cited word) Ageratum, Ageratum, off. or Costus Hortorum, is, in English, Maudlin.
1852 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardeners' Dict. 8/1 Achillea Ageratum (sweet maudlin).
1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal I. 227/2 Achillea ageratum (Linn.), the Maudlin or Sweet Milfoil, a native of Italy and Spain, introduced into England in 1570, an aromatic plant with a sweet smell and bitter taste.
†3. = Magdalene n. 2b. Obsolete.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for reformed prostitutes
Maudlin house1595
maudlin1603
maudlin hospital1680
Magdalene charity1758
Magdalene house1758
Magdalene hospital1759
Magdalene1766
Magdalene Society1800
penitentiary1806
Magdalene asylum1818
rescue home1855
Magdalene home1901
Magdalene ward1904
1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) 11 Diuerse priories, ffriers, Maudlens [printed Mandleus], Almehouses [etc.].
1681 Court Roll in M. E. A. Curtis Some Disputes City & Cathedral Exeter (1932) 87 They present the Right Reverent the Lord Bishopp of Exeter for want of a Cuckin stoole by the maudlyn.
†4.
a. An early-ripening variety of pear. Cf. Magdalene n. 4c. Obsolete.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > pear > other types of
calewey1377
honey peara1400
pome-pear1440
pome-wardena1513
choke-pear1530
muscadel1555
worry pear1562
lording1573
bon-chrétienc1575
Burgundian pear1578
king pear1585
pound pear1585
poppering1597
wood of Jerusalem1597
muscadine1598
amiot1600
bergamot1600
butter pear1600
dew-pear1600
greening1600
mollart1600
roset1600
wax pear1600
bottle pear1601
gourd-pear1601
Venerian pear1601
musk pear1611
rose pear1611
pusill1615
Christian1629
nutmeg1629
rolling pear1629
surreine1629
sweater1629
amber pear1638
Venus-pear1648
horse-pear1657
Martin1658
russet1658
rousselet1660
diego1664
frith-pear1664
maudlin1664
Messire Jean1664
primate1664
sovereign1664
spindle-pear1664
stopple-pear1664
sugar-pear1664
virgin1664
Windsor pear1664
violet-pear1666
nonsuch1674
muscat1675
burnt-cat1676
squash pear1676
rose1678
Longueville1681
maiden-heart1685
ambrette1686
vermilion1691
admiral1693
sanguinole1693
satin1693
St. Germain pear1693
pounder pear1697
vine-pear1704
amadot1706
marchioness1706
marquise1706
Margaret1707
short-neck1707
musk1708
burree1719
marquis1728
union pear1728
Doyenne pear1731
Magdalene1731
beurré1736
colmar1736
Monsieur Jean1736
muscadella1736
swan's egg1736
chaumontel1755
St Michael's pear1796
Williams1807
Marie Louise1817
seckel1817
Bartlett1828
vergaloo1828
Passe Colmar1837
glou-morceau1859
London sugar1860
snow-pear1860
Comice1866
Kieffer pear1880
sand pear1880
sandy pear1884
snowy pear1884
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 68 in Sylva Pears. The Maudlin (first ripe), Madera.
1676 J. Worlidge Vinetum Britannicum 167 The Margaret, the Maudlin,..and many other early Pears are in esteem for the Table in July.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 543 The Margaret, the Maudlin, the Cluster Pear.
b. A variety of peach (not identified). Cf. Magdalene n. 4b. Obsolete.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > peach > types of peach
presse1604
avant-peach1611
man peach1629
nutmeg1629
Roman peach1629
muscat1664
Rambouillet1664
winter peach1664
rumbullion1670
Orleans1674
pavie1675
Magdalenea1678
minion1691
admirable1693
maudlin1699
clingstone1705
nipple peach1719
rareripe1722
melter1766
vanguard1786
freestone1807
cling1845
lemon cling1848
peregrine1903
doughnut peach1993
1699 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 9) 100 Peaches and Abricots... Bourdeaux Peach..Maudlen, Minion Peach.
II. Senses relating to maudlin adj. 3.
5. That which is maudlin; weak or mawkish sentiment.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [noun]
sentiment1747
sentimentality1770
mawkishness1796
sensiblerie1815
sentimentalism1818
sloppiness1828
morbidezza1833
milk-and-wateriness1834
maudlin1838
soothing syrup1839
emotionalism1846
stickiness1864
slop1866
mushiness1868
saccharinity1868
sympatheticism1884
hearts and flowers1911
lovey-doveyness1923
schmaltz1934
goop1950
goo1951
schmaltziness1953
gloop1957
cheesiness1963
soupiness1963
soft-centredness1967
soppiness1974
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice II. vi. ii. 209 I allow that there is a strange mixture of fustian and maudlin in all these things.
1865 Spectator 11 Feb. 153 Let us at least have them tried like all others, with as little maudlin and romance about..withered hearts..as may be consistent with sincerity.
1935 V. Sheean Personal Hist. (1937) ii. 42 I was so carried away by the movement and trappings of grief that I wrote a rare piece of maudlin for my newspaper.
1986 Daily Tel. 24 Mar. 16/5 The dive-bar maudlin of Our Little Angel, a country ballad in Costello's most perceptive and allusive style, is but one example.

Compounds

† Maudlin cup n. Obsolete = Magdalene cup n. at Magdalene n. Compounds 2.
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1544 in C. L. Kingsford Rep. MSS Ld. de l'Isle & Dudley (1925) I. 273 A maudelyn cup with a cover, set with roses, 29¼ oz.
1613 in W. M. Myddelton Chirk Castle Accts. (1908) I. 12 Ffor a maudlinge cup and cover wainge 12 oz. at 5s 7d oz.
1631 in Wills Doctors' Commons (1863) 93 The deepe silver bason, the spout pott and maudlyn cupp of silver.
1860 Notes & Queries 3 Nov. 346/2 (title) College pots and maudlen cups.
† Maudlin-cupped adj. [with pun on Maudlin cup n.] Obsolete rare = maudlin drunk adj.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > maudlin-drunk
maudlin drunk1509
maudlinc1616
Maudlin-cupped1661
maudlin drunken1685
1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 242 Claudius..being Maudline cupp'd, he grew to lament the Destinie of his marriages.
maudlin daisy n. now historical the ox-eye daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > chrysanthemums
goldOE
buddle?a1350
great daisya1400
white bottlea1400
bigolda1500
maudlin-wort1552
chrysanthemum1578
ox-eyea1637
whiteweed1642
ox-eye daisy1731
moonflower1787
ox-daisy1813
ox-eyed daisy1817
pyrethrum1837
horse-gowan1842
marguerite1847
maudlin daisy1855
moon daisy1855
pompom1861
moon-penny1866
crown daisy1875
Korean chrysanthemum1877
Paris daisy1882
mum1891
Shasta daisy1901
chrysanth1920
penny-daisy1920
Korean1938
Nippon daisy1939
1855 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. III. 312 (Great White Ox-eye)..The plant was formerly called Maudlin Daisy.
1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal I. 248 Daisy, ox-eye... Synonyms. Great Ox-eye. Goldens... Maudlin Daisy... Maudlinwort.
† Maudlin day n. Obsolete = Magdalene day n. at Magdalene n. Compounds 2.
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Feast of Mary Magdalen (22 July) > [noun]
Maudlin dayc1380
maudlin tide1446
Magdalene day1485
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. (1869) I. 377 Þe Gospel of Maudelen Dai is red on Fridai..in Septembre among Ferials.
?1457 J. Hardyng Chron. (Lansd.) in E. P. Hammond Eng. Verse between Chaucer & Surrey (1927) 235 (MED) On Mawdelayne day, the thirde yer of his rygne.
1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 297 The kyng, vpon the Maudeleyn day, At Fowkirke fought with Scottes.
1578 Crail Burgh Court Oct. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue s.v Delyuerit to the baillies for thair expensis one the maidlyn day xlviij s.
maudlin drunk adj. = maudlin adj. 2.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > maudlin-drunk
maudlin drunk1509
maudlinc1616
Maudlin-cupped1661
maudlin drunken1685
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xlvi Some mawdelayne dronke, mournynge lowdly & hye.
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. G3 v Mawdlen drunke, when a fellow will weepe for kindnes in the midst of his Ale, and kisse you.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 47. ⁋5 Such a Tragedian is only maudlin drunk.
1856 D. M. Mulock John Halifax II. iv. 76 Another ill-looking fellow maudlin drunk.
1980 F. Weldon Puffball 34 He was maudlin drunk, sick on the step, and passed out in the hall.
† maudlin drunken adj. Obsolete rare = maudlin adj. 2.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > maudlin-drunk
maudlin drunk1509
maudlinc1616
Maudlin-cupped1661
maudlin drunken1685
1685 G. Meriton Praise of York-shire Ale 8 Some Maudlin drunken were, and wept full sore.
† maudlin hospital n. Obsolete rare = Magdalene hospital n. at Magdalene n. Compounds 2.
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1680 in M. E. A. Curtis Some Disputes City & Cathedral Exeter (1932) 87 Two or three tenements..are Lyke to fall in the maudlyn Hospitall.
† Maudlin house n. Obsolete rare = Magdalene house n. at Magdalene n. Compounds 2.
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1595 in Wills Doctors' Commons (1908) 323 To be distributed to other poore people in the Mawdlyn houses at Plymouth.
† Maudlin-kind adj. Obsolete rare (apparently) liable to be moved to tears.
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a1668 W. Davenant Man's the Master (1669) iv. 53 I am Maudlin-kind, would I had one of thy Hoods to cover my face.
† Maudlin pot n. Obsolete rare = Magdalene cup n. at Magdalene n. Compounds 2.
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1638 in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1861) III. 204 A dozen of silver spoones and a little Maudlin pott of silver.
maudlin tansy n. now historical sweet yarrow, Achillea ageratum (see sense 2).
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1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries Catal. 4 Ageratum Ger. Maudlin Tansie.
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Maudlin Tansy.
† Maudlin Thursday n. [perhaps an error for Maundy Thursday n.] Obsolete rare = Maundy Thursday n.
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Holy Week > [noun] > Thursday in
Sheer Thursdayc1200
Maundy Thursday1440
Skire Thursday?c1450
Cene Thursday1483
Skere Thursday1498
Our Lord's Supper Daya1500
Maudlin Thursday1517
Shrove Thursday1518
begging Thursday1546
mandate Thursday1546
Holy Thursday1590
1517 R. Torkington Oldest Diarie Englysshe Trav. (1884) 66 Ther we a bode Mawdleyn thursday, Good fryday.
† maudlin tide n. Obsolete the time of the feast of St Mary Magdalene, 22 July.
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Feast of Mary Magdalen (22 July) > [noun]
Maudlin dayc1380
maudlin tide1446
Magdalene day1485
1446 Acct. in Berks, Bucks & Oxon Archæol. Jrnl. (1902) 8 56 Halso at myssomur, to ye same lyght..halso at mawdeletyd, to ye same lyght ij 7l.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) iiii. sig. Aiii Arthur..demaundyd of hi [sic] yf he had receyued at yt mawdeleyn tyde ye reuenewes of the forest.
1676 W. Dugdale Baronage Eng. II. 169/2 He arrived at Calais three dayes before Maudlyn-tide.
maudlin-wort n. now historical †(a) an aromatic yellow-flowered plant, probably a kind of everlasting, Helichrysum stoechas (obsolete); (b) the ox-eye daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > chrysanthemums
goldOE
buddle?a1350
great daisya1400
white bottlea1400
bigolda1500
maudlin-wort1552
chrysanthemum1578
ox-eyea1637
whiteweed1642
ox-eye daisy1731
moonflower1787
ox-daisy1813
ox-eyed daisy1817
pyrethrum1837
horse-gowan1842
marguerite1847
maudlin daisy1855
moon daisy1855
pompom1861
moon-penny1866
crown daisy1875
Korean chrysanthemum1877
Paris daisy1882
mum1891
Shasta daisy1901
chrysanth1920
penny-daisy1920
Korean1938
Nippon daisy1939
1552 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Amaranthus, an herbe, of the which be two sortes: the flower of the one is yelow, and hath a soote sauour, called also Helichryson..of Apothecaries Sticas citrina, in English, Maudelene woort or Baltasar.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xix. 169 The great wild Daysie, or Maudelynwurte..hath grene leaues.
1766 Museum Rusticum 6 451 Greater Daisie, Ox~eye, or Maudlin-wort.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 725/2 Maudlinwort, Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum.
1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal I. 248 Daisy, ox-eye... Synonyms. Great Ox-eye. Goldens... Maudlin Daisy... Maudlinwort.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

maudlinadj.

Brit. /ˈmɔːdlᵻn/, U.S. /ˈmɔdl(ə)n/, /ˈmɑdl(ə)n/
Forms: 1500s maudlayne, 1500s mawdelayne, 1500s mawdlen, 1600s maudlen, 1600s maudline, 1600s mawdelin, 1600s mawdlin, 1600s– maudlin, 1700s– maudling.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: maudlin n.
Etymology: < maudlin n., in allusion to depictions of Mary Magdalene weeping; compare earlier compound uses of the noun, especially in maudlin drunk (compare sense 2).
1.
†a. Given to tears, lachrymose. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1607 T. Middleton Michaelmas Terme ii. sig. C2 Thats a penitent Maudlen Dicer.
1651 H. Vaughan tr. Ausonius in Olor Iscanus 41 A thousand more through the wide, darksome wood Feast on their cares, the Maudlin-Lovers food.
1664 J. Wilson Cheats iv. iii. 54 Indeed Sir, I was never but half so bad [i.e. drunk], in all my life, and then, I was Maudlen, for a whole Month after.
a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 136 He laments, like Heraclitus the Maudlin Philosopher, at other Men's Mirth.
1715 N. Rowe Lady Jane Gray v. i No Maudlin Gazers, To wet their Handkerchiefs.
1846 C. Dickens Pictures from Italy 64 Some beautiful pictures, or other embellishments of great price..set, side by side, with sprawling effigies of maudlin monks, and the veriest trash and tinsel ever seen.
b. Applied to eyes, tears, etc. (esp. in later use coloured by senses 2 and 3). Also figurative.
ΚΠ
1641 T. Jordan Pictures of Passions, Fancies, & Affections sig. B4v You shall view One that doth melt himself in Maudlin dew On sober Cups.
1682 T. Southerne Loyal Brother Prol. Sir Edmond-berry first, in woful wise, Leads up the show, and Milks their Maudlin eyes.
1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II ii. 110 ‘Drink deep, sweet youths,’ seductive Vitis cries, The maudlin tear-drop glittering in her eyes.
1846 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lucretia II. ii. i. 133 Blooming amidst those maudlin eyes.
1882 P. H. Hayne Poems 70 Close your blurred romance, Blurred by the dropping of a maudlin tear, And watch the manhood here.
1924 A. D. H. Smith Porto Bello Gold xiii. 186 Her father..blinked at us through maudlin tears.
2. Having reached the stage of drunkenness characterized by tearful sentimentality and effusive displays of affection; characteristic of (the behaviour of) someone who has reached this stage. Also †to drink maudlin (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adjective]
weepingc900
wopi?c1225
greetingfula1340
greetyc1350
weeplyc1374
weepfula1382
weepinglyc1440
lachrymablec1450
moistc1450
lachrymous1490
rainy1563
tearfula1586
greeting1588
collachrymate1593
crying1594
onion-eyeda1616
maudlinc1616
rheumatica1627
fluxed1628
lachrymalc1630
crystal-droppinga1650
showery1654
lugent1656
Niobean1665
lachrymary1693
lachrymose1727
moist-eyed1797
larmoyant1824
pluviose1824
ploratory1831
lachrymating1837
screwmatic1847
pipy1861
weepy1863
blarting1898
leaky1905
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > maudlin-drunk
maudlin drunk1509
maudlinc1616
Maudlin-cupped1661
maudlin drunken1685
c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) 1959 The second kinde we maudline drunkards call.
c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) 2002 Quart after quart Comes marching in, till my young gallant fals Into his maudline fit.
1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 111 From Dido then a belch did flie,..And tears ran down, her fair long Nose, The Queen was Maudlin I suppose.
1667 R. L'Estrange tr. F. de Quevedo Visions ii. 48 Am not I here, the fifth Husband of a woman yet living in the world, that hopes to..drink Maudlin at the fifteenth Funeral?
1680 C. Darby Bacchanalia 8 'Twas the same Sherry, That made..weeping Heraclite so sorry: For he (as most suppose) Was Maudlin, when he snivel'd so at Nose.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Mawdlin, weepingly Drunk, as we say the Tears of the Tankard.
1715 J. Addison Spectator No. 561. ¶12 When they grow Maudlin, they are very apt to commemorate their former Partners with a Tear.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxiii. 217 The maudlin state or stage of drunkenness.
1860 All Year Round 31 Mar. 533 His potations had rendered him somewhat maudlin.
1904 J. London Sea-wolf viii. 77 They drank whiskey, they drank it neat, and I fetched more... The cook..grew maudlin, familiar, could hardly see the cards or sit upright.
1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes i. iv. 130 She drank too much and apologized again and again in a maudlin way and was very amorous.
1991 B. Anderson Girls High (1992) ii. 16 One night at the Western Park Tavern..he was getting maudlin and mumbling.
3. Characterized by shallow sentimentality; mawkishly emotional; weakly sentimental.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adjective]
sugary1591
maudlina1631
mawkish1702
sickly1766
emetic1770
mawky1773
pamby1820
sentimental1823
saccharine1841
sticky1841
mushy1848
sentimentalizing1856
Christmas card1860
maumish1866
slobbery1875
namby-pamby1883
sloppy1883
slushy1889
sentimentalistic1904
marshmallowy1907
hearts and flowers1911
slobby1913
soppy1918
meltyc1921
lavender1928
saccharescent1930
schmaltzya1934
sloshy1933
gooey1935
icky1938
cheesy1943
drippy1952
soupy1953
squishy1953
saccharined1962
gloopy1965
yechy1969
yucky1970
sucky1971
yuck1971
schmoozy1976
a1631 J. Donne Let. in T. Matthew Coll. Lett. (1659) 145 It was matter, which I might very well have left unwritten, having too much of the Maudlin humour in it.
a1704 T. Brown Declam. Praise Poverty (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1730) I. 98 A thousand maudlin oaths of friendship.
1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic ii. ii Is this a time for maudling tenderness?
1828 T. B. Macaulay Hallam's Constit. Hist. in Edinb. Rev. Sept. 147 The salaried Viceroy of France..beslobbering his brother and his courtiers in a fit of maudlin affection.
1845 B. Disraeli Sybil III. vi. x. 270 The mob became not only enthusiastic but maudlin.
1877 F. W. Farrar In Days of Youth (ed. 4) xiii. 123 Doing right only in maudlin dreams, not in manly effort.
1908 G. K. Chesterton Man who was Thursday 49 We do not want the Supreme Council of Anarchy infected with a maudlin mercy.
1946 S. T. Felstead Stars who made Halls i. 15 The words of these melodies might have been a trifle maudlin, judged by present-day standards, but the music..has withstood the test of time.
1990 D. Ackerman Nat. Hist. Senses iv. 193 Unlike many memoirs about handicapped children, it isn't at all maudlin.

Compounds

maudlin-moral adj.
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1842 Ld. Tennyson Will Waterproof's Monologue in Poems (new ed.) II. 192 It is but yonder empty glass That makes me maudlin-moral.

Derivatives

† maudlinize v. Obsolete rare (transitive) to make maudlin.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (transitive)] > make drunk > make maudlin
maudlinizea1652
maudle1690
a1652 R. Brome Weeding of Covent-Garden iv. ii. 63 in Five New Playes (1659) I hope 'twill maudlenize him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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