groveller

groveller
   Used figuratively of someone who is eager to please another, and willingly does whatever is suggested of him. ‘You groveller’ is used in The Pickwick Papers, by Charles Dickens, in its literal sense, referring to one who lies prone on the ground. Bob Sawyer says to the boy who works for him: ‘Who do you suppose will ever employ a professional man, when they see his boy playing at marbles in the gutter. Have you no feeling for your profession, you groveller?’

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  • groveller — grovel ► VERB (grovelled, grovelling; US groveled, groveling) 1) crouch or crawl abjectly on the ground. 2) act obsequiously to obtain forgiveness or favour. DERIVATIVES groveller noun. ORIGIN …   English terms dictionary

  • groveller — grov·el·ler || grÊŒvlÉ™(r) ,grÉ‘v / grÉ’v n. one who is servile; one who is self abasing …   English contemporary dictionary

  • groveller — grov·el·ler …   English syllables

  • groveller — noun someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self respect • Syn: ↑apple polisher, ↑bootlicker, ↑fawner, ↑groveler, ↑truckler • Derivationally related forms: ↑truckle ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • apple polisher — noun someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self respect • Syn: ↑bootlicker, ↑fawner, ↑groveller, ↑groveler, ↑truckler • Derivationally related forms: ↑truckle (for …   Useful english dictionary

  • fawner — noun someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self respect • Syn: ↑apple polisher, ↑bootlicker, ↑groveller, ↑groveler, ↑truckler • Derivationally related forms: ↑truckle ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • groveler — noun someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self respect • Syn: ↑apple polisher, ↑bootlicker, ↑fawner, ↑groveller, ↑truckler • Derivationally related forms: ↑truckle ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • truckler — noun someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self respect • Syn: ↑apple polisher, ↑bootlicker, ↑fawner, ↑groveller, ↑groveler • Derivationally related forms: ↑truckle, ↑grovel …   Useful english dictionary

  • bootlicker — ootlicker n. someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as he had no self respect. Syn: apple polisher, bootlick, fawner, groveller, truckler, ass kisser, toady. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Groveler — Grov el*er, n. One who grovels; an abject wretch. [Written also groveller.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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