Значение

значений: 3
  1. (историческое)Either of two aromatic plants, costmary or sweet yarrow.

  2. (устаревшее)The Magdalene; Mary Magdalene.

  3. (устаревшее)A Magdalene house; a brothel.

Примеры

предложений: 4
  1. Spare me your maudlin life stories.

  2. Tom always gets maudlin when he drinks.

    deTom wird immer weinerlich, wenn er Alkohol trinkt.

  3. Tom always gets maudlin when he's on the booze.

    deTom wird immer weinerlich, wenn er Alkohol trinkt.

  4. She was downright maudlin over her broken drawing tablet; you'd think her pet had died.

Происхождение

From Middle English Maudelen, a dialectal form of Mary Magdalene (typically depicted weepi

From Middle English Maudelen, a dialectal form of Mary Magdalene (typically depicted weeping), from Old French Madelaine (whence Madeleine), from Late Latin Magdalena (see Magdalena, Magdalene, and Maudlin).

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Формы

мн. число: maudlins
Ед. числоmaudlin
Мн. числоmaudlins

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