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shmaltz
(ʃmɔːlts)n
a variant spelling of schmaltz
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schmaltz
shmaltz
(ʃmɑlts, ʃmɔlts)n.
Informal. exaggerated sentimentalism, as in music or writing.
[1930–35; < Yiddish shmalts or German Schmaltz fat, grease, c. smelt1]
schmaltz′y, adj. schmaltz•i•er, schmaltz•i•est.
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Noun | 1. | shmaltz - (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music sentimentality, drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness - falsely emotional in a maudlin way Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script |
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