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schmaltz definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music [syn: schmaltz, shmaltz, schmalz]

Merriam Webster's

also schmalz noun Etymology: Yiddish shmalts, literally, rendered fat Date: 1935 1. sentimental or florid music or art 2. sentimentality • schmaltzy adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. esp. US colloq. sentimentality, esp. in music, drama, etc. Derivatives: schmaltzy adj. (schmaltzier, schmaltziest). Etymology: Yiddish f. G Schmalz dripping, lard

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe a play, film, or book as schmaltz, you do not like it because it is too sentimental. = slush [disapproval]