2. Time of being due (said of a promissory note, etc.).

Matutinal, a. Morning, early.

Maudlin, a.

    1. Intoxicated, inebriated, fuddled, muddled, disguised, tipsy, mellow, drunk, stupid, in liquor.
    2. Silly, weak, over-emotional, sickly sentimental.

Maugre, prep. Notwithstanding, in spite of, in defiance of.

Maul, n. [Written also Mall.] Beetle, heavy mallet.

Maul, v. a.

    1. [Written also Mall.] Beat, bruise, wound, disfigure.
    2. Injure grossly, abuse, deform, do much harm to.

Maunder, v. n.

    1. Mutter (as a beggar), grumble, murmur.
    2. Talk incoherently, drivel, wander.

Maunderer, n. Grumbler, murmurer, driveller.

Mausoleum, n. Sepulchral monument.

Mauvaise honte. [Fr.] Bashfulness, false modesty, shamefacedness.

Mavis, n. Song-thrush, throstle (Turdus musicus).

Maw, n.

    1. Stomach (of animals).
    2. Craw, crop, first stomach (of a bird).

Mawkish, a. Insipid, flat, vapid, tasteless, stale, sickly, nauseous, disgusting.

Maxim, n. Proverb, saying, saw, adage, aphorism, apothegm, dictum, by-word, sententious precept, axiom.

Maximum, a. Greatest.

May-apple, n. Wild mandrake, hog-apple (Podophyllum peltatum).


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