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Uriah Heep|jʊˈraɪə hiːp|
The name of a character in Dickens's David Copperfield (1850) used allusively for a man who is hypocritically humble. Also attrib. Hence Uriah Heepish a., reminiscent of Uriah Heep.
1876[see Ananias]. 1915J. Webster Dear Enemy 77 The Uriah Heepish attitude toward trustees that characterized Mrs. Lippett's manners. 1947I. Brown Say the Word 106 Uriah Heepish creatures. 1974Listener 4 Apr. 438/1 ‘If I may—’ often issues from the lips of the Uriah Heeps. 1976A. J. Russell Pair Hemlock v. 57 A Uriah Heep kind of guy named Logan. |