mawkish

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Is mawkish, and his stomach's gone;

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  1. adjective Excessively and objectionably sentimental. See Synonyms at sentimental.
  2. adjective Sickening or insipid in taste.

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  • Speaking of maggots, incidentally, one early form of the word was mawk , and mawkish originally meant "to be disgusted," as if by putrid meat. —  The Word Detective
  • They are in Walpole's works; Lady Hervey rather mawkish, but the Bellenden charming. —  A Publisher and His Friends
  • It was mawkish, a schoolboy fancy that I embroidered over and over, yet when all other diversions railed, I could taunt myself with thinking of her and pretending a life of shared love Not all the time, of course. —  Robin Hobb
  • I don't think I've ever used the word "mawkish," but it came to mind more than once while I was listening to this crap. —  mystic bourgeoisie
  • I had to look it up. mawkish, adjective sentimental in a feeble or sickly way: a mawkish poem. —  mystic bourgeoisie
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. From Middle English mawke, maggot, variant of magot; see maggot.

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  1. from mawk + -ish.
 

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/ˈmɔkɪʃ/
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