单词 | groveller |
释义 | grovellergrovelern. One who grovels; chiefly figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > servile person clienta1393 snivelard1398 a dog for (also to) the bowc1405 fawnerc1440 snivellerc1450 slave1521 footstool1531 minion1560 footman1567 cringer1582 earthworm1583 yea-sayer1584 croucher1587 creeper1589 sneak-up1598 spaniel1598 sneak-cupa1616 servile1632 puppy dog1651 clientelary1655 lackey1692 groveling1708 prostite1721 prostitute1721 toad-eater1742 groveller1779 cringeling1798 creeping Jesusc1818 toady1826 truckler1827 crawler1847 flunkey1854 doormat1861 dog robber1863 heeler1875 slaveling1884 bootlicker1890 fetch-and-carry1905 poodle1907 yes-woman1927 ass-licker1939 ass-kisser1951 chamcha1966 fart-catcher1971 1779 S. Johnson Milton in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets II. 105 Among this lagging race of frosty grovellers he might still have risen into eminence by producing something which they should not willingly let die. 1835 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (1836) II. iv. 55 What are we but..grovellers who are creeping on to heaven? 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xiii. 7 Mere worms and grovellers as we are! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1779 |
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