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sentimental.

Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion; appealing to the emotions (especially tender emotions) rather than reason, morality, aesthetic taste, etc.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˌsɛntiˈmɛntl̩/Received-Pronunciation/ˌsɛntiˈmɛntl̩/General-American/ˌsɛniˈmɛnl̩/General-American
  1. Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion; appealing to the emotions (especially tender emotions) rather than reason, morality, aesthetic taste, etc.

  2. Derived from emotion rather than logical reason.

  3. Romantic.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin sentimentumder. Old French sentementder. English sentiment English -al English sentimental From sentiment + -al.

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