maudle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A back-formation from maudlin, taken as the present participle.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɔːdəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɔdəl/, /ˈmɑdəl/
Verb[edit]
maudle (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.
