What does "maudlin" mean?
Maudlin: Drunk, or somewhat drunk; fuddled; given to drunkenness. Maudlin Clarence in his malmsey butt. Byron.
Additional senses
- 2.An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the South European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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