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Maudlinism

Maud′lin-ism

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Noun.
A maudlin state.
Dickens.

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maudlinism

maudlinism

English

Noun

maudlinism (countable and uncountable, plural maudlinisms)

  1. A maudlin condition.
    • Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
      At this precise period of his existence, Mr. Benjamin Allen had perhaps a greater predisposition to maudlinism than he had ever known before []