spanieln.¹adj.

Brit.

/ˈspanjəl/, U.S.

/ˈspænjəl/

Forms: α. Middle English spaynel, Middle English–1500s spaynell (Middle English spaynyel, 1500s spayniel). β. Middle English spanȝelle, spanȝeall, 1500s spanȝell, spanȝeoll; Middle English–1500s spanyel(l, 1500s spanyelle, spannyell, spanniell, 1600s spanniel, 1500s–1600s spaniell, 1600s spaniele, spani'el, 1500s– spaniel. γ. Middle English spayngyel, spanegeole, spangel, 1500s–1600s spangell. δ. Middle English speygnol, spaygnol, spaignol, 1500s spaignell, 1600s spagnel. ε. 1500s span(n)el, 1600s span(n)ell, 1800s dialect or vulgar spanil.

Etymology: < Old French espaignol, espaigneul (modern French épagneul ) ‘Spanish dog’: see Spaniel n.² So Middle Dutch spanjoel, -goel, spaelgoen, etc.

a. A variety of dog characterized by large drooping ears, long silky hair, keen scent, and affectionate nature, some breeds of which are used for sporting purposes, esp. for starting and retrieving game, while others are favourite pet- or toy-dogs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > spaniel

spanielc1386

spanieless1853

α.

c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 267 For, as a spaynel, she wol on hym lepe.

a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xvi A goode spaynel shulde not be to rough, but his taile shulde be rough.

1425 Rolls of Parl. IV. 298/1 By þe Rees of a Spaynell, þere was on a nyght taken..a man.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iv A fayr yong man..whiche..had with hym two fayre spaynels.

β. c1450 Bk. Hawking in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 297 Lete the spanyell flusch up the covey.1489 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 112 Joly Johne..that brocht ij spanȝeallis to the King.1519 Presentments of Juries in Surtees Misc. (1890) 32 That no man kepe no hown, grewand, nor spanȝell.1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. very Fruitfull vi. 56 It is natural..to a spaniel to be gentle & familiar.1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet E ij There is not a better Spanniell in England to spring a couie.1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 4 Like a ranging Spaniel that barkes at euery bird hee sees.1675 E. Cocker Morals 7 Beware of that sly Sycophant's Dogg-Tricks, Who, like a Spanniel flatters, fawns, and licks.1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 5 Before his Lord the ready Spaniel bounds.1789 ‘P. Pindar’ Expostulatory Odes xi. 37 Like crouching spaniels down black Lords must lie, Whene'er admitted to the Royal eye.1840 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports §2550 The varieties of the spaniel are numerous... A popular distinction made between them by many writers is into springers, cockers, and water spaniels.1877 Encycl. Brit. VII. 328 The Spaniel is the favourite of the sportsman.γ. a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) Prol. First y will begynn at Racches..and after at Spayngyels.c1425 Seven Sages (P.) 1448 I hadde a spangel good of plyght.1533 Presentm. Juries in Surtees Misc. (1890) 33 Neither hownde, spangell, ne grewend.δ. 14.. Master of Game (Royal 17. B. xli) xvi Off Houndes that men calle Spaygnell. ?1553 [see sense 1c]. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 137 Some are smaller which are called Hounds,..House-curres, Spagnels both for the Water and Land.ε. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie Pref. Verse sig. B^v The calling Spanels quest.1589 R. Robinson Golden Mirrour sig. G.3^v I calde my Spannels, and to the field I went.1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) vii. xxii. 679 When you make choice of any spannell, you shall chuse him by his shape, beautie, mettall, and cunning hunting.1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 232 Hauing a mastiue Bitch and a Spanell with them.1640 J. D. Knave in Graine i. i. sig. B4 I think I am little kin to a Spannell, the more I am beaten, the better I affect.

b. With distinctive premodifiers to denote different varieties or breeds, as Alpine spaniel, Blenheim spaniel, English spaniel, King Charles spaniel, Norfolk spaniel (etc.). Also †spaniel gentle (see first quot. 1576).See also land-spaniel n. at land n.¹ Compounds 2b(a), water spaniel n.

ΚΠ

1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 14 Of the delicate, neate, and pretty kind of dogges called the Spaniel gentle, or the comforter, in Latine Melitæus.

1778 Encycl. Brit. III. 1618/2 They [Canis Hispaniolus] are still distinguished by the name of English Spaniels.

1833 W. H. Maxwell Field Bk. 497 King Charles's spaniel, Can[is] brevipilis.

1833 W. H. Maxwell Field Bk. 497 The hunting spaniel or cocker..,Can[is] index.

1833 W. H. Maxwell Field Bk. 497 The Alpine spaniel.

1845 W. Youatt Dog 44 The King Charles's Spaniel, so called from the fondness of Charles II for it,..belongs likewise to the cockers.

1845 W. Youatt Dog ii. 45 The Norfolk Spaniel.

1845 W. Youatt Dog 45 The Blenheim Spaniel.

1845 W. Youatt Dog 51 The Alpine Spaniel, or Bernardine Dog, is a breed almost peculiar to the Alps.

1894 Daily News 11 Apr. 6/4 There are the usual number of King Charles, ruby spaniels, and Italian greyhounds.

†c. In allusive use. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

?1553 Respublica (1952) i. iii. 12 Adul[acion]. Doe but whistle for me, and I come foorth with all... [Avar yce]. that is myne owne good spaig(n)ell Rigg.

a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) ii. iii. sig. C.iiij^v Ye shall see hir glide and swimme. Not lumperdee clumperdee like our spaniell Rig.

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 43 Fate is a spaniel that you cannot beate from you.

1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. B^v Come my soules spaniell, my lifes ietty substance, Whats thy name?

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 160 You play the Spaniell, And thinke with wagging of your tongue to win me.

2. figurative.

a. One who pries into, or searches out, something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > snooping, prying > one who pries

spaniel1562

wormera1607

truffle dog1760

snooper1889

snoop1891

1562 Bp. J. Pilkington Expos. Abdyas 56 The papistes..be diligent spayniels to seek al wayes possible to set up that vyle podell of idolatrie.

a1644 F. Quarles Shepheards Oracles (1646) 214/1 These are the generous Spaniels that retrive Imperiall Crownes, and swallow Kings alive.

1647 J. Cleveland Char. London-diurnall 2 Suteable to their plots are their Informers; Skippers and Taylours; Spaniells both for the Land and the Water.

b. A submissive, cringing, or fawning person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > servile person

clienta1393

snivelard1398

a dog for (also to) the bowc1405

fawnerc1440

snivellerc1450

slave1521

footstool1531

minion1560

footman1567

cringer1582

earthworm1583

yea-sayer1584

croucher1587

creeper1589

sneak-up1598

spaniel1598

sneak-cupa1616

servile1632

puppy dog1651

clientelary1655

lackey1692

groveling1708

prostite1721

prostitute1721

toad-eater1742

groveller1779

cringeling1798

creeping Jesusc1818

toady1826

truckler1827

crawler1847

flunkey1854

doormat1861

dog robber1863

heeler1875

slaveling1884

bootlicker1890

fetch-and-carry1905

poodle1907

yes-woman1927

ass-licker1939

ass-kisser1951

chamcha1966

fart-catcher1971

1598 R. Barnfield Complaint of Poetrie xxiv, in Encomion Lady Pecunia sig. B3 And herein happie, I areade the poore; No flattring Spanyels, fawne on them for meate.

1599 T. Heywood 1st Pt. King Edward IV sig. A3 I, I, you are the spaniels of the Court.

1606 No-body & Some-body sig. E2^v Time was base spaniell thou didst fawne as much On me, as now thou striuest to flatter her.

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xlvi. 455 Have you nothing, Spaniel, to complain of in him?

1852 J. G. Whittier Astræa iii Perish shall all which makes A spaniel of the man!

3. Passing into adj. in the sense ‘meanly submissive, cringing, fawning’, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adjective]

go-by-ground?a1300

thrall1398

abjectc1430

manly?c1430

servicious1440

serviceable1483

servile1537

tame1563

slavish1565

demiss1572

submissive1572

cringing1579

fawning1585

incrouching?1593

vassal1594

scraping1599

obsequious1602

spaniel1606

observing1609

deprostrate1610

supplea1616

vernile1623

shrugging1629

wormy1640

compliable1641

thrall-like1641

obeisant1642

inservient1646

truckling1656

cringeling1693

benecking1705

subservient1714

footman-like1776

bingeing1805

sidling1821

toadying1863

crawlsome1904

toadyish1909

crawling1941

ass-kissing1942

1606 T. Dekker Double PP sig. C2 He..can Creepe into credit,..And (by his Spaniell-fawning) saue his neck.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 43 Low-crooked-curtsies, and base Spaniell fawning.

1684 J. Dryden Epil. Princess of Cleves in Misc. Poems 298 The Spaniel Lover, like a sneaking Fop, Lyes at our Feet.

1796 R. Southey Hymn to Penates in Poet. Wks. (1837) II. 277 A spaniel race That lick the hand that beats them, or tear all Alike in frenzy.

1875 Ld. Tennyson Queen Mary iii. iii. 141 These spaniel-Spaniard English of the time.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

spaniel bitch n.

ΚΠ

1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Rrr2^v/2 A Spaniel-bitch.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. x. 279 A black spaniel bitch.

spaniel dog n.

ΚΠ

a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 25 The spaniel dog he loves his Masters eye.

1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) I. 17 They were as big as an ordinary Spaniel-dog.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 276 A little French spaniel dog sat beside them.

1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. viii. 172 Little Beatrix..sate at the further end of the room..playing with a spaniel dog.

spaniel eye n.

ΚΠ

1958 M. Kelly Christmas Egg iii. 125 Brett could well imagine his assumed spaniel eyes of reproach.

1975 T. Allbeury Special Coll. xi. 79 Felinski wondered what women would make of those liquid, spaniel eyes.

spaniel group n.

ΚΠ

1840 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports §2538 The spaniel group includes the setter, the common spaniel, the Newfoundland dog, and the retriever.

† spaniel hound n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xvi Of the Spaynell Houndes.

spaniel race n.

ΚΠ

1833 W. H. Maxwell Field Bk. 497 The name of the spaniel race.

spaniel-eyed adj.

ΚΠ

1963 P. Fleming Kolchak vii. 84 A plump, spaniel-eyed, ineffective little man.

spaniel-like adj.

ΚΠ

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iv. ii. 14 Yet (Spaniel-like) the more she spurnes my loue, The more it..fawneth on her still.

1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 385/2 The mere spaniel-like instinct of obedience.

C2.

spanielship n. a state of mean or fawning submission.

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

1832 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) IV. 77 His devout Discipleship seemed nothing more than a mean Spanielship.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spaniel
释义	spanieln.¹adj. Brit. /ˈspanjəl/, U.S. /ˈspænjəl/ Forms: α. Middle English spaynel, Middle English–1500s spaynell (Middle English spaynyel, 1500s spayniel). β. Middle English spanȝelle, spanȝeall, 1500s spanȝell, spanȝeoll; Middle English–1500s spanyel(l, 1500s spanyelle, spannyell, spanniell, 1600s spanniel, 1500s–1600s spaniell, 1600s spaniele, spani'el, 1500s– spaniel. γ. Middle English spayngyel, spanegeole, spangel, 1500s–1600s spangell. δ. Middle English speygnol, spaygnol, spaignol, 1500s spaignell, 1600s spagnel. ε. 1500s span(n)el, 1600s span(n)ell, 1800s dialect or vulgar spanil. Etymology: < Old French espaignol, espaigneul (modern French épagneul ) ‘Spanish dog’: see Spaniel n.² So Middle Dutch spanjoel, -goel, spaelgoen, etc. 1. a. A variety of dog characterized by large drooping ears, long silky hair, keen scent, and affectionate nature, some breeds of which are used for sporting purposes, esp. for starting and retrieving game, while others are favourite pet- or toy-dogs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > spaniel spanielc1386 spanieless1853 α. c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 267 For, as a spaynel, she wol on hym lepe. a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xvi A goode spaynel shulde not be to rough, but his taile shulde be rough. 1425 Rolls of Parl. IV. 298/1 By þe Rees of a Spaynell, þere was on a nyght taken..a man. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iv A fayr yong man..whiche..had with hym two fayre spaynels. β. c1450 Bk. Hawking in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 297 Lete the spanyell flusch up the covey.1489 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 112 Joly Johne..that brocht ij spanȝeallis to the King.1519 Presentments of Juries in Surtees Misc. (1890) 32 That no man kepe no hown, grewand, nor spanȝell.1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. very Fruitfull vi. 56 It is natural..to a spaniel to be gentle & familiar.1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet E ij There is not a better Spanniell in England to spring a couie.1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 4 Like a ranging Spaniel that barkes at euery bird hee sees.1675 E. Cocker Morals 7 Beware of that sly Sycophant's Dogg-Tricks, Who, like a Spanniel flatters, fawns, and licks.1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 5 Before his Lord the ready Spaniel bounds.1789 ‘P. Pindar’ Expostulatory Odes xi. 37 Like crouching spaniels down black Lords must lie, Whene'er admitted to the Royal eye.1840 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports §2550 The varieties of the spaniel are numerous... A popular distinction made between them by many writers is into springers, cockers, and water spaniels.1877 Encycl. Brit. VII. 328 The Spaniel is the favourite of the sportsman.γ. a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) Prol. First y will begynn at Racches..and after at Spayngyels.c1425 Seven Sages (P.) 1448 I hadde a spangel good of plyght.1533 Presentm. Juries in Surtees Misc. (1890) 33 Neither hownde, spangell, ne grewend.δ. 14.. Master of Game (Royal 17. B. xli) xvi Off Houndes that men calle Spaygnell. ?1553 [see sense 1c]. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 137 Some are smaller which are called Hounds,..House-curres, Spagnels both for the Water and Land.ε. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie Pref. Verse sig. B^v The calling Spanels quest.1589 R. Robinson Golden Mirrour sig. G.3^v I calde my Spannels, and to the field I went.1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) vii. xxii. 679 When you make choice of any spannell, you shall chuse him by his shape, beautie, mettall, and cunning hunting.1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 232 Hauing a mastiue Bitch and a Spanell with them.1640 J. D. Knave in Graine i. i. sig. B4 I think I am little kin to a Spannell, the more I am beaten, the better I affect. b. With distinctive premodifiers to denote different varieties or breeds, as Alpine spaniel, Blenheim spaniel, English spaniel, King Charles spaniel, Norfolk spaniel (etc.). Also †spaniel gentle (see first quot. 1576).See also land-spaniel n. at land n.¹ Compounds 2b(a), water spaniel n. ΚΠ 1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 14 Of the delicate, neate, and pretty kind of dogges called the Spaniel gentle, or the comforter, in Latine Melitæus. 1778 Encycl. Brit. III. 1618/2 They [Canis Hispaniolus] are still distinguished by the name of English Spaniels. 1833 W. H. Maxwell Field Bk. 497 King Charles's spaniel, Can[is] brevipilis. 1833 W. H. Maxwell Field Bk. 497 The hunting spaniel or cocker..,Can[is] index. 1833 W. H. Maxwell Field Bk. 497 The Alpine spaniel. 1845 W. Youatt Dog 44 The King Charles's Spaniel, so called from the fondness of Charles II for it,..belongs likewise to the cockers. 1845 W. Youatt Dog ii. 45 The Norfolk Spaniel. 1845 W. Youatt Dog 45 The Blenheim Spaniel. 1845 W. Youatt Dog 51 The Alpine Spaniel, or Bernardine Dog, is a breed almost peculiar to the Alps. 1894 Daily News 11 Apr. 6/4 There are the usual number of King Charles, ruby spaniels, and Italian greyhounds. †c. In allusive use. Obsolete. ΚΠ ?1553 Respublica (1952) i. iii. 12 Adul[acion]. Doe but whistle for me, and I come foorth with all... [Avar yce]. that is myne owne good spaig(n)ell Rigg. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) ii. iii. sig. C.iiij^v Ye shall see hir glide and swimme. Not lumperdee clumperdee like our spaniell Rig. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 43 Fate is a spaniel that you cannot beate from you. 1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. B^v Come my soules spaniell, my lifes ietty substance, Whats thy name? 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 160 You play the Spaniell, And thinke with wagging of your tongue to win me. View more context for this quotation 2. figurative. a. One who pries into, or searches out, something. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > snooping, prying > one who pries spaniel1562 wormera1607 truffle dog1760 snooper1889 snoop1891 1562 Bp. J. Pilkington Expos. Abdyas 56 The papistes..be diligent spayniels to seek al wayes possible to set up that vyle podell of idolatrie. a1644 F. Quarles Shepheards Oracles (1646) 214/1 These are the generous Spaniels that retrive Imperiall Crownes, and swallow Kings alive. 1647 J. Cleveland Char. London-diurnall 2 Suteable to their plots are their Informers; Skippers and Taylours; Spaniells both for the Land and the Water. b. A submissive, cringing, or fawning person. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > servile person clienta1393 snivelard1398 a dog for (also to) the bowc1405 fawnerc1440 snivellerc1450 slave1521 footstool1531 minion1560 footman1567 cringer1582 earthworm1583 yea-sayer1584 croucher1587 creeper1589 sneak-up1598 spaniel1598 sneak-cupa1616 servile1632 puppy dog1651 clientelary1655 lackey1692 groveling1708 prostite1721 prostitute1721 toad-eater1742 groveller1779 cringeling1798 creeping Jesusc1818 toady1826 truckler1827 crawler1847 flunkey1854 doormat1861 dog robber1863 heeler1875 slaveling1884 bootlicker1890 fetch-and-carry1905 poodle1907 yes-woman1927 ass-licker1939 ass-kisser1951 chamcha1966 fart-catcher1971 1598 R. Barnfield Complaint of Poetrie xxiv, in Encomion Lady Pecunia sig. B3 And herein happie, I areade the poore; No flattring Spanyels, fawne on them for meate. 1599 T. Heywood 1st Pt. King Edward IV sig. A3 I, I, you are the spaniels of the Court. 1606 No-body & Some-body sig. E2^v Time was base spaniell thou didst fawne as much On me, as now thou striuest to flatter her. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xlvi. 455 Have you nothing, Spaniel, to complain of in him? 1852 J. G. Whittier Astræa iii Perish shall all which makes A spaniel of the man! 3. Passing into adj. in the sense ‘meanly submissive, cringing, fawning’, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adjective] go-by-ground?a1300 thrall1398 abjectc1430 manly?c1430 servicious1440 serviceable1483 servile1537 tame1563 slavish1565 demiss1572 submissive1572 cringing1579 fawning1585 incrouching?1593 vassal1594 scraping1599 obsequious1602 spaniel1606 observing1609 deprostrate1610 supplea1616 vernile1623 shrugging1629 wormy1640 compliable1641 thrall-like1641 obeisant1642 inservient1646 truckling1656 cringeling1693 benecking1705 subservient1714 footman-like1776 bingeing1805 sidling1821 toadying1863 crawlsome1904 toadyish1909 crawling1941 ass-kissing1942 1606 T. Dekker Double PP sig. C2 He..can Creepe into credit,..And (by his Spaniell-fawning) saue his neck. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 43 Low-crooked-curtsies, and base Spaniell fawning. View more context for this quotation 1684 J. Dryden Epil. Princess of Cleves in Misc. Poems 298 The Spaniel Lover, like a sneaking Fop, Lyes at our Feet. 1796 R. Southey Hymn to Penates in Poet. Wks. (1837) II. 277 A spaniel race That lick the hand that beats them, or tear all Alike in frenzy. 1875 Ld. Tennyson Queen Mary iii. iii. 141 These spaniel-Spaniard English of the time. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. spaniel bitch n. ΚΠ 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Rrr2^v/2 A Spaniel-bitch. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. x. 279 A black spaniel bitch. spaniel dog n. ΚΠ a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 25 The spaniel dog he loves his Masters eye. 1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) I. 17 They were as big as an ordinary Spaniel-dog. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 276 A little French spaniel dog sat beside them. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. viii. 172 Little Beatrix..sate at the further end of the room..playing with a spaniel dog. spaniel eye n. ΚΠ 1958 M. Kelly Christmas Egg iii. 125 Brett could well imagine his assumed spaniel eyes of reproach. 1975 T. Allbeury Special Coll. xi. 79 Felinski wondered what women would make of those liquid, spaniel eyes. spaniel group n. ΚΠ 1840 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports §2538 The spaniel group includes the setter, the common spaniel, the Newfoundland dog, and the retriever. † spaniel hound n. Obsolete ΚΠ a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xvi Of the Spaynell Houndes. spaniel race n. ΚΠ 1833 W. H. Maxwell Field Bk. 497 The name of the spaniel race. b. spaniel-eyed adj. ΚΠ 1963 P. Fleming Kolchak vii. 84 A plump, spaniel-eyed, ineffective little man. c. spaniel-like adj. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iv. ii. 14 Yet (Spaniel-like) the more she spurnes my loue, The more it..fawneth on her still. View more context for this quotation 1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 385/2 The mere spaniel-like instinct of obedience. C2. spanielship n. a state of mean or fawning submission. 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 1832 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) IV. 77 His devout Discipleship seemed nothing more than a mean Spanielship. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † Spanieln.² Forms: Middle English Spaynyel(l, Middle English Spayn(h)ell, Scottish Spanȝell. Etymology: < Old French Espaignol (compare spaniel n.¹ (and adj.) and Spainol n.). Obsolete. A Spanish person. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Spaniards > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Spain Spainola1375 Spaniela1387 Spaniardc1400 Spaniardo1598 diegoc1611 Don1612 hombre1630 caballero1749 Spanisher1910 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 419 Galba Servius regnede aftir Nero..i-chose of Spaynyellus and of Galles. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 235 Þe Spaynelles, Galles, and Romayns. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ii. l. 778 Þar schippis he fande thretty Wiþe of Spanȝellis in company. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021). spanielv. Brit. /ˈspanjəl/, U.S. /ˈspænjəl/ Etymology: < spaniel n.¹ rare. 1. intransitive (also with it). To act like a spaniel; to be meanly submissive or subservient. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > be servile [verb (intransitive)] fawnc1325 crouch1528 jouk1573 crawl1576 creep1581 spaniel1599 grovel1605 spanielize1641 cringec1660 to lick the ground1667 truckle1680 to kiss (a person's) arse, behind, bum1705 toad-eat1766 snool1786 to eat (any one's) toads1788 kowtow1826 sidle1828 toady1861 to knock head1876 ass-lick1937 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. I3 How he would Spaniell it, & shake himselfe when he comes out of the pond. 1763 C. Churchill Conference 4 Let Fortune change, and Prudence changes too, Supple and pliant a new system feels, Throws up her Cap, and spaniels at his heels. 1924 J. Galsworthy Forest ii. i. 33 Devoted to him; spaniels round him all the time. 1958 ‘W. Henry’ Seven Men at Mimbres Springs vii. 80 With that reference to the gun, Sparhawk began spanielling again, obsequious as ever. 2. transitive. To follow, or fawn upon, like a spaniel. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > be servile to [verb (transitive)] fawna1568 comply1641 sneak1665 spaniel1812 yessir1898 yes1915 ass-kiss1951 cocksuck1954 ass-lick1962 crawl1966 1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair i. xvi. 11 By such a pack of men, in am'rous quest, Fawningly spaniel'd to bestow her hand? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹adj.c1386n.²a1387v.1599
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