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   mawkish

   /ˈmɔːkɪʃ/

   adjective

   • 1. sentimental in an exaggerated or false way: "a mawkish ode to parenthood"
   • 2. having a faint sickly flavour: archaic, dialect "the mawkish smell of warm beer"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in the sense ‘inclined to sickness’): from obsolete mawk ‘maggot’, from Old Norse mathkr, of Germanic origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. mawkishly adverb
   • 2. mawkishness noun

   Scrabble Points: 19

   • M

     3

   • A

     1

   • W

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   • K

     5

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • H

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