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单词 flunkeydom
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flunkeydomn.

Etymology: < flunkey n.1 + -dom suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈflunkeydom.
1. The domain of flunkeys; flunkeys collectively.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > [noun] > liveried > footman or flunkey > collectively
flunkeydom1849
footmanhood1857
1849 Fraser's Mag. 40 14 The finest ‘marine parade’, as flunkeydom terms it, in all England.
1884 Punch 29 Mar. 154/2 The whole of Flunkeydom will at once withdraw their Support.
2. The spirit or behaviour of a flunkey.
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the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun]
fawninga1350
submission?a1439
overlowness1496
servility1573
servilenessa1594
obsequency1595
obsequiousness1613
cringing1617
slavishnessa1620
vernility1623
servulating1637
suppleness1638
sneakinga1657
subserviency1669
fawningness1672
subservience1680
cringingness1695
truckling1820
obsequience1830
flunkeyism1831
servilism1831
spanielship1832
toadyism1840
flunkeydom1850
oleaginousness1853
vassalism1854
toadying1863
grovel1892
obsequity1892
crawlsomeness1900
serfishness1906
oleosity?1920
ass-kissing1936
1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. iv. 42 Mackaye too, who, however he hated flunkeydom, never overlooked an act of discourtesy.
1879 Contemp. Rev. 36 291 Flunkeydom is much more insufferable..than swelldom itself.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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