mawk

n. See Malkin, and Maukin. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Slatternly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Orig., maggoty. See Mawk. ] 1. Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; slightly nauseating; disgusting. [ 1913 Webster ]

So sweetly mawkish', and so smoothly dull. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Weakly sentimental; maudlin. [ PJC ]

adv. In a mawkish way. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being mawkish. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A slattern; a mawk. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]