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Definition of schmaltz noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

schmaltz

noun

NAmE//ʃmɑlts//

, NAmE//ʃmɔlts//

[uncountable] (informal) (disapproving)

the quality of being too sentimental At the end of the movie we drown in a sea of schmaltz.

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schmaltzy

adjective (schmaltzier, schmaltziest)See schmaltz in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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