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mushy

 [muhsh-ee, moosh-ee]   Origin

mush·y

   [muhsh-ee, moosh-ee]
adjective, mush·i·er, mush·i·est.
1.
resembling mush; pulpy.
2.
Informal. overly emotional or sentimental: mushy love letters.
Origin:
1830–40; mush1 + -y1

Related forms
mush·i·ly, adverb
mush·i·ness, noun
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mushy (ˈmʌʃɪ)
 
—adj , mushier, mushiest
1.  soft and pulpy
2.  informal excessively sentimental or emotional
 
'mushily
 
—adv
 
'mushiness
 
—n

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mushy
"sentimental," 1870, from mush + -y (2). Mush, in a transferred sense of "sentimentality," is attested from 1908.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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