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Definition of schmaltz noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

schmaltz

noun

/ʃmɔːlts/

/ʃmɔːlts/

[uncountable] (informal, disapproving)

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the fact of being too sentimental
- At the end of the movie we drown in a sea of schmaltz.
Word Origin1930s: from Yiddish shmaltz, from German Schmalz ‘dripping, lard’.

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