Definitions
(Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music
Word origin
Borrowed from Yiddish שמאַלץ (shmalts) or German Schmalz. Doublet of smalt, smalto, and enamel.
Used in a sentence
“The cost, for [George] Saunders, of moving beyond the stylized violence of his early stories seems to be the transmutation of a portion of his violence into schmaltz.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“sappy tone”8 letters
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