The Only Use of
maudlin
in
Great Expectations
- At once ferocious and maudlin, I was made to murder my uncle with no extenuating circumstances whatever; Millwood put me down in argument, on every occasion; it became sheer monomania in my master's daughter to care a button for me; and all I can say for my gasping and procrastinating conduct on the fatal morning, is, that it was worthy of the general feebleness of my character.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(maudlin) effusively sad -- especially after drinking too much alcohol