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What does the word "maudling" mean?

Posted - April 16, 2020
Tag : English words

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  • 13277
    maudling maudlin. Google is your friend!
    maud·lin
    /ˈmôdlən/
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    adjective
     
    1. self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness.
      "the drink made her maudlin"
      synonyms: sentimental, oversentimental, emotional, overemotional, tearful, lachrymose; 
      informalweepy
      "a bout of maudlin self-pity"
         
       
     
     
     
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      April 16, 2020 10:57 AM MDT
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  • 2148
    If I meant "maudlin" I'd have said "maudlin", but I didn't. I asked what does the word "maudling" mean?
      April 16, 2020 12:54 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Google maudling and the first result is "Did you mean Maudlin."https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=IquYXp_nIMucsAfd1aqYDw&q=maudling&oq=maudling&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzIJCAAQChBGEPkBMgQIABAKMgQIABAKMgQIABAKMgQIABAKMgQIABAKMgQIABAKMgQIABAKMgQIABAKMgQIABAKOgIIADoFCAAQgwE6BwgAEEYQ-QFKJQgXEiEwZzE2OWcxODBnMTU5ZzE1N2cyMDhnMTU2ZzE4NGcxODFKFQgYEhEwZzFnMWcxZzFnMWcxZzFnMVDhE1i0J2CFMmgAcAB4AIABuQGIAdYJkgEDMC44mAEAoAEBqgEHZ3dzLXdpeg&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwifgL_K0O3oAhVLDuwKHd2qCvMQ4dUDCAk&uact=5
      April 16, 2020 1:02 PM MDT
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  • 2148
    Whoever installed that "Did you mean" thingy was one of the Internet's most annoying trolls. I've lost count of the times when Google has failed to recognise what I was looking for because of that ridiculous article. Besides, different spelling means different meaning, unrelated word, not interchangeable, etc.
      April 16, 2020 4:53 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    What if it's actually Maud that feels that way..:( 
      April 16, 2020 2:28 PM MDT
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  • That'd be a cool name for a girl.
      April 16, 2020 11:16 AM MDT
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  • 2128
    Cajole instead of Carole! I tried:)
    cajole
    [kəˈjōl]
     
    VERB
    1. persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery.
      "he hoped to cajole her into selling the house" · "she pleaded and cajoled as she tried to win his support"
      synonyms:
      persuade · wheedle · coax · talk into · maneuver · get round · prevail on · beguile · blarney · flatter · seduce · lure · entice · tempt · inveigle · woo · sweet-talk · soft-soap · butter up · twist someone's arm · blandish
    This post was edited by CosmicWunderkind at April 16, 2020 2:50 PM MDT
      April 16, 2020 11:21 AM MDT
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  • Maudling and Cajole attorneys at law.
      April 16, 2020 11:47 AM MDT
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  • Not a word I know. And I know a lot of words.

    But here's what Wiktionary has to say: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/maudling

    The word is apparently a back-formation of "maudlin".  This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at April 16, 2020 2:51 PM MDT
      April 16, 2020 12:31 PM MDT
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  • 2148
    There is no back-formation of the word "maudlin". The word "maudling", if it exists, would be the root word of the back-formation "to maudle".
      April 16, 2020 12:55 PM MDT
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  • "Maudling" would be the present participle of "maudle"; this verb is attested and is a back-formation of "maudlin". This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at April 16, 2020 2:51 PM MDT
      April 16, 2020 1:03 PM MDT
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  • 2148
    I don't see how a word like "maudlin" can have a back-formation. It's  totally illogical.
      April 16, 2020 4:55 PM MDT
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  • The verb "maudle" was created from "maudlin" by shortening; that's what makes it a back-formation. Intuitively one might think "maudle" came first because it is less phonologically marked. (In the same way that "burglar" may seem to be derived from "burgle", even though the opposite is true). This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at April 16, 2020 6:40 PM MDT
      April 16, 2020 6:28 PM MDT
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  • 2148
    No, the verb "maudle" was created from "maudling" by shortening. Please try to understand that the words "maudlin" and maudling" are two different words.
      April 17, 2020 10:42 AM MDT
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  • ._. This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at April 17, 2020 3:53 PM MDT
      April 17, 2020 10:45 AM MDT
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  • 17596
    It's Hillbilly for modeling.
      April 16, 2020 3:26 PM MDT
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  • 2148
    What do hillbillies know about modelling? Lol :)
      April 16, 2020 4:57 PM MDT
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  • 17596
    They know plenty about everything.  And yes, they maudel.  




      April 17, 2020 2:25 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    It means that you are contemplating your navel....or more just trying to...:(
      April 16, 2020 3:37 PM MDT
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  • 2148
    Or maybe I was contemplating my novel. Novel or navel, it sounds like a bag of grapefruits to me.
      April 16, 2020 4:56 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Reginald. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Maudling
      April 16, 2020 5:00 PM MDT
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  • 2148
    Oh, him. I thought the penguins had eaten him.
      April 17, 2020 9:32 AM MDT
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