Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - schmaltz
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Schmaltz
schmaltz
also schmalz noun Etymology: Yiddish shmalts, literally, rendered fat Date: 1935 1. sentimental or florid music or art 2. sentimentality • ~y adjective
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n. esp. US colloq. sentimentality, esp. in music, drama, etc. Derivatives schmaltzy adj. (schmaltzier, schmaltziest). Etymology: Yiddish f. G Schmalz dripping, lard ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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If you describe a play, film, or book as schmaltz, you do not like it because it is too sentimental. = slush N-UNCOUNT c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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- 1935, from Yiddish shmalts, lit. "melted fat," from M.H.G. smalz, from O.H.G., related to smelzan "to melt." Modern Ger. Schmaltz "fat, grease" has the same figurative meaning. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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