insinuatorn.
/ɪnˈsɪnjuːeɪtə/ One who insinuates.
a. One who artfully creeps into favour.
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
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1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Insinuatore, an insinuator, a craftie slie creeper into ones bosome, fauor or mind.
1619 S. Purchas Microcosmus lxi. 604 To keepe out the Robber and Cheater, the violent Intruder, and fraudulent Insinuater.
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 416 They were not insinuators with the female sexe.
1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) I. xlii. 297 This is all you desire at present, creeper on! insinuator!
b. One who hints or suggests subtly.
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society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [noun] > person who
hintera1658
insinuator1740
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [noun] > communicating indirectly > one who communicates indirectly
mustererc1450
whisterer1519
whisperer1547
insinuator1740
earwigger1793
1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxvii. 89 Why pr'ythee now, Insinuator, said he, say the worst you can.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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