(MAW-kish), adjective
Nauseating and sickly sentimental.
“I would jump down Etna for any public good—but I hate a MAWKISH popularity.” – John Keats, English Romantic poet
| Front | mawkish |
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| Back | (MAW-kish), adjective Nauseating and sickly sentimental. “I would jump down Etna for any public good—but I hate a MAWKISH popularity.” – John Keats, English Romantic poet |
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