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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Maudlin

/môd'-lĭn/ · Maud·lin · IPA /ˈmɔːd.lɪn/
01 a. Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly.
  1. 1.
    Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly.
  2. 2.
    Drunk, or somewhat drunk; fuddled; given to drunkenness.
    “Maudlin Clarence in his malmsey butt.” — Byron.
02 n. An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the South European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow.
  1. 1.
    An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the South European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow.(Bot.)