单词 | pickthankness |
释义 | > as lemmaspickthankness ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > quality or character of fawningness1672 pickthankness1672 insinuativeness1727 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 284 But for the pickthankness of some of the Clergy, who will alwayes presume to have the thanks and honour of it. 1673 Bp. S. Parker Reproof Rehearsal Transprosed 470 Thus we see from what small Beginnings the greatest Actions and Alterations take their rise & the late bloody War was begun by the Pickthankness of a Vicar of Brackley. < as lemmas |
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