snivellern.
/ˈsnɪvl̩ə/, /ˈsnɪv(ə)lə/, U.S. /ˈsnɪv(ə)lər/ 1. One who snivels or whines. Also in figurative context.
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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
the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > [noun] > through nose > person
snivelard1398
snivellerc1450
snifterer1855
sniffer1864
sniffler1887
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun] > snivelling > sniveller
snivelard1398
snivellerc1450
c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 396 I schal snarle tho sneveleris wyth rith scharp schouris.
1739 J. Swift Verses on Death Dr. Swift: Nov. 1731 7 [He would] more lament, when I was dead, Than all the Snivelers round my Bed.
1791 J. Wolcot Epist. to Ld. Lonsdale in Wks. (1812) III. 13 Despise that thing call'd Meekness; 'tis a sniveller.
1905 Speaker 25 Feb. 512/2 Savonarola and his Piagnoni or snivellers..had a fatal influence on art.
2. A cold breeze (causing one to snivel).
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > cold or cool wind
barber1830
sniveller1834
glacier breeze1930
1834 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 69 The pinching ‘sniveller’ was changed to a tempest.
1846 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 271 A chill that I took in a deadly cold ‘sniveller’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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