Значення
значень: 3(історичне)Either of two aromatic plants, costmary or sweet yarrow.
(застаріле)The Magdalene; Mary Magdalene.
(застаріле)A Magdalene house; a brothel.
Приклади
речень: 4Spare me your maudlin life stories.
Tom always gets maudlin when he drinks.
deTom wird immer weinerlich, wenn er Alkohol trinkt.
Tom always gets maudlin when he's on the booze.
deTom wird immer weinerlich, wenn er Alkohol trinkt.
She was downright maudlin over her broken drawing tablet; you'd think her pet had died.
Походження
From Middle English Maudelen, a dialectal form of Mary Magdalene (typically depicted weepiFrom 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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