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   Mawkish, a. [Orig., maggoty. See Mawk.]
   1. Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; slightly nauseating; disgusting.
   
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   So sweetly mawkish', and so smoothly dull. Pope.
   
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   2. Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious.  J. H. Newman.
   
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   3. Weakly sentimental; maudlin.
   
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