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单词 cringer
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cringern.

Brit. /ˈkrɪn(d)ʒə/, U.S. /ˈkrɪndʒər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cringe v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < cringe v. + -er suffix1.
A person who cringes; an obsequious or servile individual; a sycophant.
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the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > servile person
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1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xxv. 183/3 Cringer.
c1600 Return: 1st Pt. iv. i, in Three Parnassus Plays (1949) 193 This Ladye munger, this meere rapier and dagger, this cringer.
a1649 W. Drummond Skiamachia in Wks. (1711) 199 Cringers to Crucifixes, Approvers of Purgatory.
1656 J. Fowler Hist. Troubles Suethland & Poland 242 His spirit, free in reprehensions, and sometimes over tart, would..consequently have been unacceptable to the Court Cringers of that time.
1708 T. Baker Fine Lady's Airs iii. 35 I may Laugh and Toy, and humour Apish Cringers.
1749 T. Warton Let. 14 Oct. (1995) 8 How can the Cringers to any Court be the son[s or L]overs of Liberty?
1835 J. Kincaid Random Shots from Rifleman xiii. 311 Thus it is that they will ever have their cringers and imitators even among their abusers.
1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 336 Your captains are almost ashamed to take the decorations that are shared by footmen and backstairs cringers.
1901 Emporia (Kansas) Weekly Gaz. 12 Sept. 1/2 A cringer to the mob..domineering when in power, shivering in terror when alone.
1940 C. Morgan Voyage ii. 166 Not by nature a cringer or a tart, but now both; very poor and with a way of looking at you as if she expected you to hit her.
1998 W. Ferguson Identity Sc. Nation xi. 227 He was not a wretched Scotch cringer like his contemporary..James Boswell.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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