maudlin

• adj.感情的にもろい；涙もろい；酔って感傷的になる
• n. 悲しい; 涙もろい
• n. (Maudlin) 人名; (Eng.)モードリン（マグダレンの愛称）。

聖書の登場人物マグダラのマリアから。彼女はしばしば泣きじゃくる姿で描かれたため、彼女の名前に由来する自己憐憫的で感傷的な話し方の語源となった。この名前は文字通り塔を意味し、ヘブライ語のmigdal（塔）に由来する村の名前である。

maudlin

maudlin: [16] Maudlin represents a gradual erosion of the pronunciation of Magdalen (exhibited also in the case of the Oxford and Cambridge colleges that have taken that name). The word originated as the name given to a woman called Mary who came from Magdala on the Sea of Galilee, and who according to the Bible was present at Christ’s crucifixion and was the first to meet him after he had risen from the dead. In the Middle Ages she was generally represented in paintings as crying, and so maudlin came to be used for ‘oversentimental’.

maudlin (adj.)

c. 1600, "tearful," from Middle English fem. proper name Maudelen (early 14c.), from Magdalene (Old French Madelaine), woman's name, originally surname of Mary the repentant sinner forgiven by Jesus in Luke vii:37 (see Magdalene). In paintings, she often was shown weeping as a sign of repentance. Meaning "characterized by tearful sentimentality" is recorded by 1630s.

1. Jimmy turned maudlin after three drinks.

3杯の酒が腹に入って、ジミーは心配していた。

2.He grew maudlin ，could hardly see the cards or sit upright.

彼は酔っ払って、拘束されなくなって、ほとんどカードが見えなくなって、正座もできなくなった。

3.Mr.Carrey may be consciously steering his movies toward maudlin pop psychology.

キンケリーは、彼の映画を感情の弱い大衆心理学の分野に意図的に連れて行くかもしれない。

4.He always becomes maudlin after he 's had a few drinks.

彼は酒を何杯か飲んだ後、いつも多感になった。

5.We saw a maudlin movie about an orphan who lost his parents in the war.

戦争で両親を失った孤児に関する涙ぐましい映画を見た。