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schmaltz
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| schmalz
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| schmear
| schmeer
schmaltz
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun schmaltz has 1 sense
- schmaltz(n = noun.attribute) schmalz, shmaltz - (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music; Array is a kind of drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, sloppiness, soupiness
OXFORD DICTIONARY
schmaltz, n. esp. US colloq. sentimentality, esp. in music, drama, etc.
Derivative
schmaltzy adj. (schmaltzier, schmaltziest).
Etymology
Yiddish f. G Schmalz dripping, lard
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