ˈcringingness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
Cringing quality, timid servility.
| 1695 Whether Preserv. Protest. Relig. Motive of Revol. 22 With a flattering as well as a mean Cringingness. 1821 Blackw. Mag. IX. 508 There is..less of plebeian cringingness and adulation in his works. |