[ˈmɔːkɪʃ], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- sentimental in an exaggerated or false way
(e.g: a mawkish ode to parenthood)

- having a faint sickly flavour
(e.g: the mawkish smell of warm beer)


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Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘inclined to sickness’): from obsolete mawk ‘maggot’, from Old Norse mathkr, of Germanic origin