Defn: To throw onto confusion or disorder; to render maudlin. [Obs.]
MAUDLIN
Maud"lin, a. Etym: [From Maudlin, a contr. of Magdalen, OE.
Maudeleyne, who is drawn by painters with eyes swelled and red with
weeping.]
1. Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly. "Maudlin eyes." Dryden. "Maudlin eloquence." Roscommon. "A maudlin poetess." Pope. "Maudlin crowd." Southey.
2. Drunk, or somewhat drunk; fuddled; given to drunkenness. Maudlin Clarence in his malmsey butt. Byron.
MAUDLIN; MAUDELINE
Maud"lin, Maude"line, n. (Bot.)
Defn: An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the South
European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow.
MAUDLINISM
Maud"lin*ism, n.
Defn: A maudlin state. Dickens.
MAUDLINWORT
Maud"lin*wort`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The oxeye daisy.