Mawk
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mawk — mawk; mawk·ish; mawk·ish·ly; mawk·ish·ness; … English syllables
Mawk — can refer to: Mike s AWK, an interpreter for the AWK programming language Mark Mawk Young, the bassist for the band Hed PE This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wis … Wikipedia
mawk´ish|ness — mawk|ish «M kihsh», adjective. 1. sickly sentimental; weakly emotional: »The portrait of Lady Mendl is sharp without being unkind and sentimental without being mawkish (Harper s). 2. sickening; nauseating: »If I would drink water, I must quaff… … Useful english dictionary
mawk´ish|ly — mawk|ish «M kihsh», adjective. 1. sickly sentimental; weakly emotional: »The portrait of Lady Mendl is sharp without being unkind and sentimental without being mawkish (Harper s). 2. sickening; nauseating: »If I would drink water, I must quaff… … Useful english dictionary
mawk|ish — «M kihsh», adjective. 1. sickly sentimental; weakly emotional: »The portrait of Lady Mendl is sharp without being unkind and sentimental without being mawkish (Harper s). 2. sickening; nauseating: »If I would drink water, I must quaff the mawkish … Useful english dictionary
mawk — I Cleveland Dialect List a maggot, the lava of a flesh fly II North Country (Newcastle) Words a maggot … English dialects glossary
mawk — ˈmȯk noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English mawke, modification of Old Norse mathkr more at maggot dialect Britain : maggot … Useful english dictionary
mawk·ish — … Useful english dictionary
Molly-mawk — Mol ly mawk , n. (Zo[ o]l.) See {Mollemoke}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mol|ly|mawk — «ML ee mk», noun. = mallemuck. (Cf. ↑mallemuck) … Useful english dictionary
