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Noun: schmaltz  shmolts or shmólts
  1. (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music
    - shmaltz, schmalz

Derived forms: schmaltzes

Type of: drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, sloppiness, soupiness

Encyclopedia: Schmaltz