单词 | flunkeydom |
释义 | flunkeydomn. 1. The domain of flunkeys; flunkeys collectively. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1849 |
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