fawning
Verb
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Verb
- present participle of fawn#English|fawn
fawning
- Seeking favor by way of flattery; flattering, servile.
- circa 1596-97 William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene iii:
- smallcaps Shylock: How like a fawning publican he looks ! […]
- circa 1596-97 William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene iii:
fawning (plural fawnings)
- Servile flattery.
- circa 1599-1601 William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III scene ii:
- smallcaps Hamlet: No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, / And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee / Where thrift may follow fawning.
- Xantippus found his ruin ere it reached him, / Lurking behind your honours and rewards; / Found it in your feigned courtesies and fawnings.
- circa 1599-1601 William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III scene ii:
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