8 letters · 27 points in Scrabble
adjective effusively or insincerely emotional
originEtymology tree English schmalz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English schmalzy From schmalz + -y.
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