Maudlin
Pronunciation : Maud"lin
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [From Maudlin, a contr. of Magdalen, OE. Maudeleyne, who is drawn by painters with eyes swelled and red with weeping.]
Definition : 1. Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly. "Maudlin eyes." Dryden. "Maudlin eloquence." Roscommon. "A maudlin poetess." Pope. "Maudlin crowd." Southey.
2. Drunk, or somewhat drunk; fuddled; given to drunkenness. Maudlin Clarence in his malmsey butt. Byron.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Maud"lin, Maude"line
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the South European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow.
(Bot.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913