maudle
English
editEtymology
editA back-formation from maudlin, taken as the present participle.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɔːdəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɔdəl/, /ˈmɑdəl/
Verb
editmaudle (third-person singular simple present maudles, present participle maudling, simple past and past participle maudled)
- (obsolete, transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder.[2]
- (obsolete, transitive) To render maudlin.
- (intransitive) To act in an excessively sentimental way.
References
edit- ^ “maudle, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 26 June 2019.
- ^ “maudle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.