Maudlin vs Deliquium - What's the difference?
maudlin | deliquium |
(obsolete, Christianity) The Magdalene; (Mary Magdalene).
* c. 1400 , (trans.), The Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ :
* 1653 , (Nicholas Culpeper), The English Physician Enlarged , Folio Society 2007, p. 186:
(obsolete) A Magdalene house; a brothel.
Affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness.
*around 1900 , O. Henry,
Extravagantly or excessively sentimental; mawkish, self-pitying.
*1961 ,
(obsolete) Tearful, lachrymose.
(chemistry) Liquefaction through absorption of moisture from the air.
(pathology) An abrupt loss of consciousness usually caused by an insufficient blood flow to the brain; fainting.
*, vol.1, New York, 2001, p.387:
*:If he be locked in a close room, he is afraid of being stifled for want of air, and still carries biscuit, aquavitæ, or some strong waters about him, for fear of deliquiums , or being sick […].
(literary, figuratively) A languid, maudlin mood.
(rare) An abrupt absence of sunlight, e.g. caused by an eclipse.
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As nouns the difference between maudlin and deliquium
is that maudlin is the Magdalene; Mary Magdalene while deliquium is liquefaction through absorption of moisture from the air.As an adjective maudlin
is affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness.maudlin
English
Noun
(en noun)- for alle they wor?chipden hir ?ouereynly / as worthy was / but ?pecially Mawdelayne / that wolde neuere departe fro hir.
- Common Maudlin have somewhat long and narrow leaves, snipped about the edges.
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was a drunkard, and had not known it. What he had fondly imagined was a pleasant exhilaration had been maudlin intoxication.
- ''On the rebound one passes into tears and pathos. Maudlin tears. I almost prefer the moments of agony. These are at least clean and honest. But the bath of self-pity, the wallow, the loathsome sticky-sweet pleasure of indulging it — that disgusts me.