(Pronounced maw kuhsh)
Meaning: This adjective means showing emotion or love in an awkward or silly way.
Origin: The word originates from the Middle English mawke, meaning "maggot”. Its earliest sense, used in the late 17th century but now obsolete, was synonymous with squeamish, but not long after that, mawkish was used to describe an unpleasant, nauseating, often sickeningly sweet flavour. The figurative sense of mawkish, used to describe things that are full of "sickly sweet" sentimentality, arose almost concurrently.
Usage: The actor's mawkish poem was boring and insincere.
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