maudlinism en · NOUN
Etymology
From maudlin + -ism.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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[…]
1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| maudlinisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |