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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | Copyright

maudlin † weeping, tearful; weakly sentimental XVII; but the earliest recorded use is as adv. in maudlin († maudlayne, † mawdlen) drunk XVI. attrib. use of Maudlin, ME. Maudele(y)n (XIV) — (O)F. Madelaine — ecclL. Magdalēna MAGDALEN. The reference to tears comes from pictures in which the Magdalen is shown weeping.

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