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  1. 1. a. Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Drunk, or somewhat drunk; fuddled; given to drunkenness. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. Alt. of Maudeline Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. effusively or insincerely emotional Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 1. Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly. "Maudlin eyes." Dryden. "Maudlin eloquence." Roscommon. "A maudlin poetess." Pope. "Maudlin crowd." Southey. 2. Drunk, or somewhat drunk; fuddled; given to drunkenness. Maudlin Clarence in his malmsey butt. Byron. An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the South European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow. Source: webster
  6. 6. An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the SouthEuropean Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow. Source: adambom
  7. 7. j:100 s effusively or insincerely emotional Source: ecdict

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