MAWKISH @ The Dictionary of Cork Slang, by John Beecher

Cork Slang, Like

A Dictionary of Cork Slang
by Seán Beecher

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MAWKISH

Construct: Adjective

Definition: Of unpleasant, indeterminate appearance, taste (food, drink), disagreeable, sentimental.

Use: The food was mawkish.
The food was unpleasant, somewhat tasteless.

Derivation: Irish 'MÃ¡chail' - stain, defect, fault, 'Gan mÃ¡chail' - stainless, Latin 'Macula'. (Dinneen). 'Mawkish' - of faint, sickly flavour, feebly sentimental, 'Mawk' (obsolete) - maggot, etc. (Concise Oxford Dictionary). 'Mawkish' - slatternly (1720 - 70). (Partridge). 'Mawkish' - insipid, sick from drink, slightly indisposed. (Wright).