maudle

English

Etymology

A back-formation from maudlin, taken as the present participle.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

maudle (third-person singular simple present maudles, present participle maudling, simple past and past participle maudled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder.[2]
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To render maudlin.
  3. (intransitive) To act in an excessively sentimental way.

References
  1. “maudle, v.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 26 June 2019.
  2. “maudle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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