Maugdleness

• maudlin: extravagantly or excessively sentimental; self-pitying
• Mary Magdalene The foremost female disciple of Jesus, from whom he cast seven demons. In Church tradition, she was seen as a reformed prostitute, and she became the patroness of "wayward women". In paintings, she is often shown weeping in repentance, hence the word "maudlin", from the French version of her name.
• Magdalen: a college at Oxford university (though Charles Dodgson, ie Lewis Carroll, studied and taught at Christ Church, not Magdalen)
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