Heepishness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Fawning, cloying servility and obsequiousness. uncountable
    — The stories circulated about the measures taken for the Plague were, as Professor Gokhlee admitted in his apology, which we have to-day the advantage of reading in its full Heepishness, a mere pack of lies.

词形变化

Uriah Heepishness alternative

词源

From Heepish + -ness: From the Dickens character Uriah Heep, noted for his cloying humility, obsequiousness, and insincerity, the stereotypical yes man.
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