a. [ Orig., maggoty. See Mawk. ] 1. Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; slightly nauseating; disgusting. [ 1913 Webster ]
So sweetly mawkish', and so smoothly dull. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Weakly sentimental; maudlin. [ PJC ]
adv. In a mawkish way. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being mawkish. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]