maud

{ } n. (Bot.) An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the South European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To throw onto confusion or disorder; to render maudlin. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Maudlin, a contr. of Magdalen, OE. Maudeleyne, who is drawn by painters with eyes swelled and red with weeping. ] 1. Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly. “Maudlin eyes.” Dryden. “Maudlin eloquence.” Roscommon. “A maudlin poetess.” Pope. “Maudlin crowd.” Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Drunk, or somewhat drunk; fuddled; given to drunkenness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Maudlin Clarence in his malmsey butt. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A maudlin state. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]