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单词 grovelling
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grovellinggrovelingn.

/ˈɡrɒv(ə)lɪŋ/
Etymology: < grovel v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of grovel v.; literal and figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [noun] > prostrate or face down
prostration1440
prosternationa1500
grovelling1611
humicubation1656
concidency1681
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Trabocco, a downe-fall, a groueling on the ground.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 153 Mahomet..perswaded them..that his groueling and foming (a disease much troubling him) was caused by [etc.].
1726 W. Broome To Pope 62 Sink, without groveling; without rashness, rise.
1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. viii. 381 His lavish splendour..implies no grovelling before the ordinary British duke.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

grovellinggrovelingadj.

/ˈɡrɒv(ə)lɪŋ/
Etymology: Originally an attributive use of grovelling adv.; subsequently apprehended as present participle of grovel v.
1.
a. Having the face or belly towards or on the ground; prone. (Said esp. of the lower animals.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > animal body > [adjective] > having face or belly on or towards ground
grovelling?a1534
?a1534 H. Medwall Nature i. sig. aiiv All other bestys as thyngys vnworthy To behold therth wyth grouelyng countenaunce.
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Abijcio Nature hath made beastes bent or grouelynge with their heades downewarde to their foode.
1637 J. Milton Comus 3 Circe..Whose charmed Cup Whoever tasted lost his upright shape, And downward fell into a grovling Swine.
a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 18 Nature gave Man an erect Figure, to raise him above the groveling Condition of..the Beasts.
1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) cxlvii. x While groveling Beasts attempt his Praise In hoarser Harmony.
1803 J. Leyden Scenes of Infancy iii. 331 The grovelling monster long Blew the shrill hiss.
b. Applied to a low-growing plant.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > [adjective] > lowly or humble
grovelling1750
humble1860
lowly1886
the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [adjective] > low-growing
humil1567
base1578
humble1658
grovelling1750
underling1830
1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados Pref. 6 A pompous stile would ill fit..the description of a grovelling plant.
1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 127 It is but a grovelling, prickly, uncouth tree.
2. transferred and figurative. Of persons, qualities, conditions, etc.: Abject, base, low, mean, sordid.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective] > contemptible
unworthc893
unwrastc893
littleOE
narrow-hearteda1200
wretcha1200
unworthya1240
wretchedc1250
un-i-wrastc1275
bad1276
lechera1300
feeblea1325
despisablea1340
villain1340
contemptiblec1384
lousyc1386
caitiff1393
brothelyc1400
roinousa1425
poor1425
sevenpennyc1475
nasty1477
peakish1519
filthy1533
despectuous1541
beggary1542
scald1542
shitten?1545
disdainfula1547
contemptuous1549
despicable1553
skit-brained?1553
contemniblea1555
vile1560
sluttish1561
queer1567
scornful1570
scallardc1575
tinkerly?1576
worthless1576
beggarly?1577
paltry1578
halfpenny1579
dog bolt1580
pitiful1582
sneaking1582
triobolar1585
wormisha1586
baddy1586
dudgeon1592
measled1596
packstaff1598
roguey1598
roguish1601
contemptful1608
grovelling1608
lightly1608
disdainable1611
purulent1611
snotty-nose1622
vilipendious1630
cittern-headed1638
wormy1640
pissabed1643
triobolary1644
disparageable1648
blue-bellied1652
unestimable1656
scullion1658
piteous1667
dirty1670
shabbed1674
shabby1679
snotty1681
snotty-nosed1682
mucky1683
bollocky1694
scoundrel1700
scaldeda1704
sneaking1703
ficulnean1716
unsolid1731
pitiable1753
scrubby1754
inimitable1798
scrubbish1798
worm-likea1807
small1824
lowlife1827
ketty1828
skunkish1831
yellow-bellied1833
scaly1843
cockroachya1845
wutless1853
nigger1859
trashy1862
low-down1872
cruddy1877
shitty1879
tinhorn1886
blithering1889
motherfucking1890
snidey1890
pilgarlicky1894
shitass1895
shoddy1918
yah boo1921
bitching1929
shit-faced1932
turdish1936
fricking1937
jerk-off1937
chickenshit1940
sheg-up1941
snot-nosed1941
jerky1944
mother-loving1948
scroungy1948
fecking1952
pissant1952
shit-kicking1953
shit-eating1956
bumboclaat1957
rassclaat1957
shit-headed1959
farkakte1960
shithouse1966
daggy1967
dipshit1968
scuzzy1969
bloodclaat1971
bitch ass1972
wanky1972
streelish1974
twatty1975
twattish1976
dweeby1988
douchey1991
wank1991
cockish1996
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > base or vile > specifically of actions, conduct, etc.
vilec1290
villains1303
villain1340
base?1518
vild1568
slavish1597
grovelling1608
unworthy1694
1608 J. Sylvester tr. O. de la Nove Profit Imprisonm. in Wks. (1621) 644 Our groueling earth-desires.
1633 G. Herbert Pearl in Temple iv Not my groveling wit, But thy silk twist let down from heav'n to me, Did..teach me, how by it To climbe to thee.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. Concl. 192 You..may be well placed in a rank specifically different from the rest of groveling Humanity.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 96 New ways I must attempt, my groveling Name To raise aloft, and wing my flight to Fame. View more context for this quotation
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 58. ¶1 One who had written a Treatise upon the Sublime in a low groveling Stile.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvii. iv. 116 I cannot bear your groveling Temper; you have none of the Blood of the Westerns in you. View more context for this quotation
1821 Ld. Byron Cain i. i, in Sardanapalus 357 That is a grov'ling wish.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. ii. 50 The ploughman Desborough—as grovelling a clown as is in England.
1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. xxxvi. 144 Lift on high Thy grovelling soul.
1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. i. 13 The Bœotians sank into a depth of groveling sensuality.
a1862 H. T. Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 195 Some of the most powerful minds were still corrupted by foolish and grovelling superstition.
absolute.1797 W. Godwin Enquirer i. viii. 75 The groveling and feeble-hearted are consequently discouraged.

Derivatives

ˈgrovellingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [adverb] > prostrate or face down
groofc1374
on grufe (rarely on the grufe)c1375
grovellingsa1400
grovellingc1400
agroofc1425
womblonga1475
grovellingly1548
prostrately1556
grovellingwise1561
flatlong1570
pronely1578
on one's grufe1788
ventre à terre1960
the mind > emotion > humility > self-abasement > [adverb]
grovellingly1898
1548–67 W. Thomas Ital. Gram. & Dict. Istraboccheuola, fallyng grouelynglie.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 14 Feb. 3/1 His wife..is grovellingly apologetic.
ˈgrovellingwise adv. Obsolete in a grovelling manner.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [adverb] > prostrate or face down
groofc1374
on grufe (rarely on the grufe)c1375
grovellingsa1400
grovellingc1400
agroofc1425
womblonga1475
grovellingly1548
prostrately1556
grovellingwise1561
flatlong1570
pronely1578
on one's grufe1788
ventre à terre1960
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 51 Where all other liuing creatures do grouellingwise behold the ground.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

grovellinggrovelingadv.

/ˈɡrɒv(ə)lɪŋ/
Forms: Middle English–1500s grovelyng(e, Middle English– groveling, 1500s– grovelling, (Middle English grovelinge, groflyng, grofeling, 1500s grovellynge, gruffelyng, grooveling, groovelyn, 1600s grovelong, grobling); northern and ScottishMiddle English grufelynge, growflyng, growelynge, 1500s grufling, gruling.
Etymology: Middle English grovelynge , northern grufelynge , < groof n. and adv. + -ling suffix2. After the verb grovel v. had come into general use the adverb began to be restricted to uses in which it could be apprehended as the present participle used predicatively.
Obsolete or archaic; but see grovelling adj.
a. Face downward; in or to a prone or prostrate position.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [adverb] > prostrate or face down
groofc1374
on grufe (rarely on the grufe)c1375
grovellingsa1400
grovellingc1400
agroofc1425
womblonga1475
grovellingly1548
prostrately1556
grovellingwise1561
flatlong1570
pronely1578
on one's grufe1788
ventre à terre1960
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1119 Þise alder men quen he aproched, Grouelyng to his fete þay felle.
1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) ii. xliii. 49 Sathanas was fallen grouelinge gretyng and cryenge with a lothely voys, byholding doune in to erthe.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur iv. viii Sir launcelot lepte vpon hym, and pulled hym grouelyng doune.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 79/2 They were trobled and tremblyng fyl doun groflyng on theyr faces upon the ground.
1483 Cath. Angl. 166/2 Grufelynge [MS. A. Growflyng], supinus.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. ix. 37 Gruling on his kneis, He lappit me fast by baith the theis.
1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth viii. sig. D.ivv To slepe grouelynge vpon the stomacke and belly is not good.
c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxxvi. 3 Soir mornyng, grufling on my face.
1598 R. Hakluyt tr. Vincent of Beauvais in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 54 In regarde of the great winde we were constrained to lye groueling on the earth.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 165 The dead corps of a man floteth on the water with the face vpward, but contrariwise women swim groveling.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 408 Some..lay themselues grouelong with their chinnes touching the ground.
1631 J. Rous Diary (1856) 60 [She] fell grobling (her armes being foulded) at the head of a payre of staires.
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 886 A Bullet..broke and tore off his left Thigh, and threw him groveling.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) Among Hunters a Deer is said To feed groveling when she feeds upon her Belly, being tir'd with the Chace.
1855 C. Kingsley Heroes iv. 138 The bull fell grovelling on his knees.
1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) III. xi. 42 The Earl of the West Saxons bowed himself to the ground, and lay grovelling.
in extended use.1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. i. i. 10 Flat Fishes, as Soles, Plaise, &c. which lie always grovelling at the bottom.figurative.1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiii. 338 The Royal and Loyal Party lay groveling, and prostrate, after the defeat of Worcester.
b. Horizontally. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > horizontal position or condition > [adverb]
endlong1393
grovelling1562
flatling1605
levelly1610
forthright1640
horizontally1646
horizontically1692
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 74v The moste parte [of date stones] haue a nauel in the myddes of theyr bellies. And from that place commeth first furthe yt it diuideth it self into a roote. It is best to saw it grouelyng.
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