December 13, 2005

mawkish – adj. 1. Sickly or excessively sentimental.
2. Insipid in taste; nauseous; disgusting.

Mawkish originally meant “maggoty” (from Middle English mawke, maggot), hence squeamish, nauseating, hence tending to render squeamish or make nauseated, especially because of excessive sentimentality.

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