| Mawk | n. [ OE. mauk, maðek, Icel. maðkr; akin to Dan. maddik, and E. mad an earthworm. See Mad, n. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Mawkin | n. See Malkin, and Maukin. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Mawkingly | adv. Slatternly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Mawkish | a. [ Orig., maggoty. See Mawk. ] So sweetly mawkish', and so smoothly dull. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Mawkishly | adv. In a mawkish way. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Mawkishness | n. The quality or state of being mawkish. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Mawks | n. A slattern; a mawk. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Mawky | a. Maggoty. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| mawkishly | (adv) in a mawkish and emotional manner, Syn. drippily, Example: the violinist played that piece mawkishly |
| mawkishness | (n) insincere pathos, Syn. bathos |
| mawkishness | (n) falsely emotional in a maudlin way, Syn. drippiness, mushiness, sloppiness, soupiness, sentimentality |