How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
tuft-hunter — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: tuft (I) (sense 4) : one that seeks association with persons of title or high social status : snob … Useful english dictionary
tuft hunter — sycophant (British Slang) … English contemporary dictionary
tuft-hunter — n. Hanger on (to noblemen and persons of quality), sycophant, parasite, flatterer, lick spittle, fawner, spaniel, toad eater … New dictionary of synonyms
Selfishness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Selfishness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 selfishness selfishness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 self love self love self indulgence self worship self interest Sgm: N 1 egotism egotism egoism Sgm: N 1 amour propre … English dictionary for students
servility — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Obsequiousness Nouns 1. servility, obsequiousness, subserviency; abasement (see humility); prostration, genuflection; fawning, ingratiation; tuft hunting, timeserving, flunkyism; sycophancy, flattery.… … English dictionary for students
Isaac Heard — Infobox Person name = Isaac Heard caption = Sir Isaac Heard birth date = birth date|1730|12|10|mf=y birth place = Ottery St Mary, England dead = dead death date = death date and age|1822|4|29|1730|12|10|mf=ySir Isaac Heard (10 December 1730… … Wikipedia
Lord William Pitt Lennox — (1799–1881), army officer and writer.Lennox, fourth son of Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, was born at Winestead Hall, Yorkshire, 20 Sept. 1799, and was a godson of William Pitt and a cousin of Charles James Fox. He was educated at… … Wikipedia
Leibniz (from) to Kant — From Leibniz to Kant Lewis White Beck INTRODUCTION Had Kant not lived, German philosophy between the death of Leibniz in 1716 and the end of the eighteenth century would have little interest for us, and would remain largely unknown. In Germany… … History of philosophy
flunkey — n. [Written also Flunky.] 1. Lackey, livery servant. 2. Mean fellow, mean spirited person, obsequious person, toady, snob, tuft hunter. 3. (Colloq., U. S.) Dupe (in buying stocks) … New dictionary of synonyms
flatterer — n 1. complimenter, saluter, praiser, laud er, laudator; extoller, exalter, celebrator, glorifier, encomiast, eulogizer, eulogist, panegyrist, adulator, trumpeter. 2. sycophant, toady, toadeater, fawner, truckler, tuft hunter, courtier, wheedler,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
