Размарило

[alpas]

В Shadowrun Returns (ссылка на мой отзыв в стиме), диалоги которого написаны богатым языком - по следам соотв. серии книг - встретилось интересное слово:

maudlin [ˈmôdlin] (Oxford American Dictionary)
adj. self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness
the drink made her maudlin
a maudlin balladOrigin: late Middle English (as

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[alpas]

и кстати, magdalene [ˈmagdaˌlēn, -ˌlin]
mag·da·lene (also magdalen)
n. St. Mary Magdalene
■ (archaic) a reformed prostitute
■ (archaic) a home for reformed prostitutes (the Magdalene)
Origin: late Middle English: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek (Maria hē) Magdalēnē ‘(Mary of) Magdala' (to whom Jesus appeared after his resurrection; John 20:1-18), commonly identified (probably wrongly) with the sinner of Luke 8:37

[lillekorn]

Я это слово впервые встретила в Discworld Noir по Пратчетту