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Definition of Schmaltz
1. Noun. (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music.
Generic synonyms: Drippiness, Mawkishness, Mushiness, Sentimentality, Sloppiness, Soupiness
Category relationships: Yiddish
Definition of Schmaltz
1. Noun. Liquid chickenfat ¹
2. Noun. Excessively sentimental art or music ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Schmaltz
1. excessive sentimentality [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Schmaltz
Literary usage of Schmaltz
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis by Means of Microscopic and Chemical Methods by Charles Edmund Simon (1907)
"Where delicate scales are available the method of schmaltz and Peiper may be
employed. A capillary tube, measuring about 12 cm. in length and 1.5 mm. in ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Agency: Including Special Classes of Agents by William Lawrence Clark, Henry Heckerman Skyles (1905)
"... is agreed that all responsibility on the part of G. schmaltz & Co. shall cease
as soon as the cargo is shipped," it was held that the agent could compel ..."
3. Audubon, the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time by Francis Hobart Herrick (1917)
"... The "Eccentric Naturalist" at Henderson—Bats and new species—The demolished
violin—"M. de T.": Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (schmaltz)—His precocity, ..."
4. Audubon, the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time by Francis Hobart Herrick (1917)
"... (schmaltz)—His precocity, linguistic acquirements and peripatetic habits—First
visit to America and botanical studies—Residence in Sicily, ..."
5. A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis by Means of Microscopic and Chemical Methods by Charles Edmund Simon (1900)
"With a little practice, results sufficiently accurate for clinical purposes may
thus be obtained with an expenditure of but very little time. schmaltz and ..."
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