fawningnessn.
/ˈfɔːnɪŋnɪs/ A fawning disposition or demeanour; cringing behaviour, servility.
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the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun]
fawninga1350
submission?a1439
overlowness1496
servility1573
servilenessa1594
obsequency1595
obsequiousness1613
cringing1617
slavishnessa1620
vernility1623
servulating1637
suppleness1638
sneakinga1657
subserviency1669
fawningness1672
subservience1680
cringingness1695
truckling1820
obsequience1830
flunkeyism1831
servilism1831
spanielship1832
toadyism1840
flunkeydom1850
oleaginousness1853
vassalism1854
toadying1863
grovel1892
obsequity1892
crawlsomeness1900
serfishness1906
oleosity?1920
ass-kissing1936
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > quality or character of
fawningness1672
pickthankness1672
insinuativeness1727
1672 O. Walker Of Educ. i. ii. 20 It is much easier to bend a naturall mis-inclination to its neighbour virtue..as..fawningnes to complaisance.
1854 T. De Quincey On Murder (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay IV. 45 I'm for peace, and quietness, and fawningness, and what may be styled knocking-underness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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