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▪ I. snivelling, vbl. n.|ˈsnɪv(ə)lɪŋ|
Also 2 snyflung, 5 -ynge; 5 sneuelyng, 6 -ing, etc.
[See snivel v.]
The action of the vb. in various senses.
a1100in Napier Contrib. O.E. Lexicog. 58 Ᵹif heora æneᵹum for unhæle hraca of breoste oððe snyflung of nosa deriᵹe. c1430Freemasonry (Halliw. 1840) 711 From spyttynge and snyflynge kepe the also. 1587L. Mascall Govt. Cattle, Sheepe (1627) 220 Sheep oftentimes wil haue the glaunders, and a sneuelling at their noses. 1655Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. (1746) 380 Spitting, Sniveling and Yawning, are only the Fruits of Fulness or Idleness. 1693Apol. Clergy Scot. 15 They never thought Sniveling necessary to make a great Saint. 1748Smollett Rod. Rand. lxi. (1804) 436 After a good deal of snivelling and sobbing. 1782Cowper To the Rev. Mr. Newton 11 There is nothing but sniv'ling and blowing of noses. 1815Hist. J. Decastro I. 44 Come, John, let us have no more sniv'ling. 1875Emerson Lett. & Social Aims x. 256 Meantime we hate snivelling.
attrib.1782E. N. Blower G. Bateman II. 115, I war'nt there was fine sniveling work when ye parted. 1816Gilchrist Philos. Etym. 52 They only require a gentle grunt through the snivelling organs, to soothe dainty ears with much sweet melody.
▪ II. snivelling, ppl. a.|ˈsnɪv(ə)lɪŋ|
Also 3 snvuelinde, 5 snyvelande; 4 snyvelinge, 5 sneuelyng, snevyllynge, etc.
[f. snivel v.]
1. Of the nose, etc.: Discharging, or full of, snivel. Also of persons, given to snivelling or snuffling.
c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 319 Snvuelinde nose and wet mouth. 1483Cath. Angl. 347/1 Snyvelande (A. Snevyllynge), naricans, naricus. 1608Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. iv. Decay 175 Stooping as she goes, With driveling mouth, and with a sniveling nose. 1615Baud, Ruffe, & Cuffe (Halliw.) 16 He is a most filthy snivelling fellow..; he will wipe your nose of all, if you put the case to him. 1813H. & J. Smith Rej. Addr. 72 A snivelling fellow he's call'd by his foes, For he can't raise his paw up to blow his red nose. 1862Macm. Mag. Sept. 380 Another, whom he remembers a little snivelling boy. 1902Times 16 July 13/6 The wonderful picture of leering, chuckling, snivelling senility.
transf.1858R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xxiii, The land⁓lady brought a snivelling mould candle into the cheerless..little inn-parlour.
b. Of a cold: Accompanied by snivelling.
1687Miége Gt. Fr. Dict. ii, A snivelling Cold, un Rûme.
2. Sounding through the nose. rare.
1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 21 At the laste he thus owt abrayde Wyth a sneuelyng vooys & to hyr sayde. 1816Gilchrist Philos. Etym. xvii, To see this good, plain dialect superseded by snivelling, flippant, senseless French.
3. Displaying emotion or the semblance of it; mean-spirited, weak:
a. Of persons.
1647J. C[leveland] Char. Lond.-Diurn. 8 Two of Mars his Petty-toes, such snivelling Cowards, that it is a favour to call them so. 1691Wood Ath. Oxon. II. 84 The snivling Presbyterians..did not stick to report that he died no better than a Brewers Clerk. 1732Fielding Covent Gard. Trag. i. vii, Without wine all human kind wou'd be One stupid, sniveling, sneaking, sober fellow. 1790Wolcot (P. Pindar) Advice to Future Laureat Wks. 1812 II. 343 The little snivelling spirit. 1805Dibdin in Naval Chron. XIII. 394 The snivlingest scoundrel that ever was seen. 1838Dickens O. Twist xxvi, Why not have kept him here among the rest, and made a sneaking, snivelling pickpocket of him at once? 1860Emerson Conduct of Life ii. Wks. (Bohn) II. 335 These Hoosiers and Suckers are really better than the snivelling opposition.
b. Of discourse, writings, etc.
1673Hickeringill Gregory F. Greybeard 276 Pickt the peoples pockets with canting long snivelling sermons. 1707Hearne Collect. (O.H.S.) II. 19 A poor, sniveling discourse. 1767Sterne Tr. Shandy ix. xii, That snivelling virtue of Meekness. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. (1815) 4, I have received a snivelling letter from Griffin, offering to make a public submission, and pay costs. |