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mawkish (adj) – 1. Excessively and objectionably sentimental.
2. Archaic Having a sickening taste.

Source : The Free Dictionary

Etymology : 1660s, “sickly, nauseated” (a sense now obsolete), from Middle English mawke “maggot” (early 15th century; see maggot), but the literal sense of “maggoty” is not found. Figurative meaning “sickeningly sentimental, insipid” is recorded by 1702.

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