See Also: maudlin(1)(dictionary)
maudlin(2)(dictionary)
maudlin(dictionary)

maudlin(2) (iou)



maudlin noun. In branch I also Maudlin. ME.
[Old & mod. French Madeleine from ecclesiastical Latin Magdalena: see MAGDALEN. In branch II from the adjective.]
I. = MAGDALEN 1. ME-L16.
b. A penitent resembling Mary Magdalen. Cf. MAGDALEN 2. E-M17.
(More fully sweet maudlin) the plant sweet yarrow, Achillea ageratum. Formerly also, costmary, Tanacetum balsamita. LME.
= MAGDALEN 2b. Only in E17.
An old variety of peach, = MAGDALEN 3. Also, an old variety of pear. M17-E18.
II.
Weak or mawkish sentiment. M19.
Comb.: maudlin tide the period of some days around 22 July, the feast of St Mary Magdalen.