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▸ noun: (historical) Either of two aromatic plants, costmary or sweet yarrow.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A Magdalene house; a brothel.
▸ adjective: Affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness.
▸ adjective: Extravagantly or excessively sentimental; mawkish, self-pitying.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Tearful, lachrymose.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: Alternative form of Magdalen (“Magdalen College, Oxford”) [A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Magdalene]
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schmaltzy,
mawkish,
schmalzy,
sentimental,
emotional,
bathetic,
slushy,
mushy,
maudlinism,
Magd,
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