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maudlinisms

maudlinisms is the plural of maudlinism.

Meaning of maudlinism

Noun

maudlinism (countable and uncountable, plural maudlinisms)

  1. A maudlin condition.
    • At this precise period of his existence, Mr. Benjamin Allen had perhaps a greater predisposition to maudlinism than he had ever known before[…]1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC

Questions about maudlinisms

What is maudlinisms the plural of?
Maudlinisms is the plural of maudlinism.

Words near maudlinisms in the dictionary

  1. maudles
  2. maudlin
  3. maudling
  4. Maudlings
  5. maudlinism
  6. maudlinisms
  7. maudlinize
  8. maudlinized
  9. maudlinizes
  10. maudlinizing
  11. maudlinly

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