English Explanatory Dictionary

Uriah Heepish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Exhibiting cloying, insincere obsequiousness.

Word forms

Uriah Heepish more Uriah Heepish most Uriah Heepish

Etymology

From Uriah Heep + -ish: From the Dickens character Uriah Heep, noted for his cloying humility, obsequiousness, and insincerity, the stereotypical yes man.

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