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fawner
fawner (ˈfɔːnə(r)) [f. fawn v.1 + -er1.] One who fawns, cringes, or flatters; a toady.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 146/1 Faynare, or flaterere, adulator. 1553 T. Wilson Rhet. 106 b, Flatterers, fawners, and southers of mennes saiynges. 1685 Gracian's Courtiers Orac. 156 All the Fawners..are so many Monsters ...
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Steve Kroft
Peggy Noonan, in a column titled "So God Made a Fawner" in The Wall Street Journal, says that Kroft's interview was as "soft as a sneaker full of puppy
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fawnery
† ˈfawnery Obs. [f. prec. + -y.] The bearing or tricks of a fawner; flattery, sycophancy.1661 K. W. Conf. Charact., Temporizer (1860) 51 This puppet of policy differs from the foregoing spanniel of fawnery only in time and degrees.
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fleerer
fleerer (ˈflɪərə(r)) [f. fleer v. + -er1.] One who fleers; a mocker, † a ‘fawner’ (J.).a 1625 Fletcher Nice Valour v. i, Democritus, thou ancient Fleerer, How I miss thy laugh. 1676 D'Urfey Mad. Fickle iii. i, This eternal fleerer will jear me to a Consumption. 1769 R. Cumberland Brothers iii. viii,...
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Académie de la Carpette anglaise
The , which may be translated as the "English Doormat Academy" (the word carpette means both "rug" and "fawner"), is a French organisation that awards
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cogger
▪ I. cogger1 (ˈkɒgə(r)) [f. cog n.2 and v.1 + -er.] 1. One who puts cogs in a wheel.1775 in Ash. 2. Mining. One who builds up supports with cogs or chocks.In mod. Dicts.▪ II. cogger2 (ˈkɒgə(r)) [f. cog v.3 + -er.] One who cogs at dice. b. A sharper, cheat, deceiver, beguiler. c. A false flatterer, f...
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adulator
adulator (ˈædjʊˌleɪtə(r)) [a. L. adūlātor n. of agent, f. adūlā-ri: see adulate, cf. Fr. adulateur.] One who offers praise consciously exaggerated or unmerited; a servile or hypocritical flatterer. [Not in Cotgr. 1611, who defines Adulateur Fr. as A flatterer, cogger, smoother, soother, fawner, claw...
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fawn
▪ I. fawn, n.1 (fɔːn) Forms: 4–5 foun(e, (5 fowen), 5 faon, 5–7 fawne, 6–7 faun(e, 5– fawn. [a. OF. faon, also foun, feon:—med.L. *fētōn-em, f. fœtus offspring.] † 1. A young animal, cub. Obs.[1274 Grands Chron. S. Denis in Rer. Gall. & Franc. Script. (1818) XVII. 354 Jones fauns de bestes sauvages....
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mis-
▪ I. mis-, prefix1 (mɪs) (also 1 (rare), 2–7 miss-, 3–6 misse-, mysse-, 3–7 mys-, 4–5 mes-), represents OE. mis- = OFris., OS. mis- (MDu. mis(se)-, mes(se)-, Du. mis-), OHG. missa-, missi-, misse-, mes- (MHG. mis(se)-, G. miss-), ON. mis-, Goth. missa- (in missadêþs misdeed, missaleiks different, va...
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foot
▪ I. foot, n. (fʊt) Pl. feet (fiːt). Forms: sing. 1–2 fót, 3–4 fot, south. vot, 3–6 fote, fut, (3 fhote, fott, 5 fowte, foyte), 5–6 fotte, 5–7 foote, (7 foott), 8–9 dial. fit, 3– foot. Sc. 4–7 fute, (4 fut, 6 fuit), 6– fit. pl. 1–2 fét, fœ́t, fótas, 2 fiet, (gen. 1 fóta, 3 fote; dat. 1 fótum, 3 fote...
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