单词 | curry-favel |
释义 | † curry-faveln. Obsolete. a. One who solicits favour by flattery or complaisance. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer papelard1340 placeboc1395 fawnerc1440 pickthank1460 adulator?a1475 earwigc1475 curry-favel1515 men-pleaser1526 gnatho1533 upcreeperc1540 claw-back1549 curry-favourer1563 man-pleaser1564 claw-poll1569 please-man1570 sycophant1575 curry-favour1577 capper1587 insinuator1598 clawera1603 scrape-shoe1607 suck-fist1611 courtiera1616 foot lickera1616 fleerera1627 wriggler1631 fawn1635 limberham1689 toad-eater1742 tuft-hunter1755 arse-kisser1766 sleeve-creeper1809 lick-spit1822 lickspittle1825 shoe-licker1826 toady1826 toad1831 toader1842 bootlicker1846 bootlick1849 favour-currier1855 lubricator1872 bum-sucker1877 handshaker1884 suck1900 mbongo1911 sucker-up1911 apple-polisher1918 snurge1933 ass-licker1939 brown-nose1939 brown-noser1942 arse-licker1951 ass-kisser1951 greaser1959 suck-hole1966 suck-up1970 bumboy1984 fly- 1515 State Papers II. 15 All the curryfavel, that be next of the deputye is secrete counsayll, dare not..shewe hym the greate jupardye..of his soule. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 211/2 Curryfavell, a flatterar, estrille faueav. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiv. 245 Sometimes a creeper, and a curry fauell with his superiours. b. (See quot. 1589.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > euphemism > using positive synonym paradiastole1555 curry-favel1589 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xvi. 154 If such moderation of words tend to flattery, or soothing, or excusing, it is by the figure Paradiastole, which therfore nothing improperly we call the Curry-fauell, as when we make the best of a bad thing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1515 |
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