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  • 81mawkish — adjective 1》 sentimental in a feeble or sickly way. 2》 archaic or dialect having a faint sickly flavour. Derivatives mawkishly adverb mawkishness noun Origin C17 (in the sense inclined to sickness ): from obs. mawk maggot , from ON mathkr, of Gmc …

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  • 82slush — n 1. slosh, melting snow. 2. slime, muck. See slime. 3. bathos, sentimentality, oversentimentality, mawk ishness, maudlinness, cloyingness, mushiness, soppiness, Inf. slushiness; bleeding heart, namby pamby, mush, Inf. goo, Inf. schmaltz, Sl.… …

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  • 83ly — ly·so·genesis; ly·so·genetic; Ly·sol; ly·so·lecithin; ly·so·zyme; ly·syl; ly·thra·ce·ae; ly·thra·les; ly·thrum; mach·i·a·vel·li·an·ly; ma·chine·ly; mac·ro·ceph·a·ly; mad·ly; mag·i·cal·ly; mag·is·te·ri·al·ly; mag·is·tral·ly; mag·net·i·cal·ly;… …

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  • 84mollymawk — mol•ly•mawk [[t]ˈmɒl iˌmɔk[/t]] n. orn any of various medium sized tube nosed seabirds, as the fulmar and, in Australian and New Zealand waters, the smaller species of albatross • Etymology: 1685–95; < D mallemok=malle, var. of mal foolish… …

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  • 85mawkish — /ˈmɔkɪʃ / (say mawkish) adjective 1. sickly or slightly nauseating. 2. characterised by sickly sentimentality. {mawk maggot (from Old Norse maðkr) + ish1} –mawkishly, adverb –mawkishness, noun …

  • 86mawkish — ► ADJECTIVE 1) sentimental in a feeble or sickly way. 2) archaic or dialect having a faint sickly flavour. ORIGIN from obsolete mawk maggot …

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  • 87mawkish — adj. 1 sentimental in a feeble or sickly way. 2 having a faint sickly flavour. Derivatives: mawkishly adv. mawkishness n. Etymology: obs. mawk maggot f. ON mathkr f. Gmc …

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  • 88mauk — ˈmȯk variant of mawk …

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  • 89mokpo — ˈmäk(ˌ)pō adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Mokpo (Moppo), Korea : of or from the city of Mokpo, Korea : of the kind or style prevalent in Mokpo * * * /mawk poh/, n. a seaport in SW South Korea. 177,801 …

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  • 90Moctezuma — Sp. /mawk te sooh mah/, n. See Montezuma II …

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