[Macbeth].
Adv. with a high hand; ex cathedra[Lat].
Phr. one"s bark being worse than his bite; "beggars mounted run their horse to death" [Henry VI]; quid times? Caesarem vehis [Lat][Plutarch]; wagahai wa [j.a.p: I (expressing superiority)].
#886. Servility. -- N. servility; slavery &c. (subjection) 749; obsequiousness &c. adj.; subserviency; abas.e.m.e.nt; prostration, prosternation; genuflection &c. (worship) 990; fawning &c. v.; tuft- hunting, timeserving[obs3], flunkeyism[obs3]; sycophancy &c. (flattery) 933; humility &c. 879.
sycophant, parasite; toad, toady, toad-eater; tufthunter[obs3]; sn.o.b, flunky, flunkey, yes-man, lapdog, spaniel, lickspittle, smell-feast, Graeculus esuriens[Lat], hanger on, cavaliere servente[It], led captain, carpet knight; timeserver, fortune hunter, Vicar of Bray, Sir-Pertinax, Max Sycophant, pickthank[obs3]; flatterer &c. 935; doer of dirty work; ame d.a.m.nee[Fr], tool; reptile; slave &c. (servant) 746; courtier; beat*, dead beat*, doughface * [obs3][U. S], heeler [U. S.], homme de cour[Fr], sponger, sucker*, tagtail[obs3], truckler.
V. cringe, bow, stoop, kneel, bend the knee; fall on one"s knees, prostrate oneself; worship &c. 990.
sneak, crawl, crouch, cower, sponge, truckle to, grovel, fawn, lick the feet of, kiss the hem of one"s garment, kiss one"s a.s.s[vulg.], suck up.
pay court to; feed on, fatten on, dance attendance on, pin oneself upon, hang on the sleeve of, avaler les couleuvres[Fr], keep time to, fetch and carry, do the dirty work of.
go with the stream, worship the rising sun, hold with the hare and run with the hounds.
Adj. servile, obsequious; supple,supple as a glove; soapy, oily, pliant, cringing, abased, dough-faced, fawning, slavish, groveling, sniveling, mealy-mouthed; beggarly, sycophantic, parasitical; abject, prostrate, down on ones marrowbones; base, mean, sneaking; crouching &c. v.
Adv. hat in hand, cap in hand.
#887. Bl.u.s.terer. -- N. bl.u.s.terer, swaggerer, vaporer, roisterer[obs3], brawler; fanfaron[obs3]; braggart &c. (boaster) 884; bully, terrorist, rough; bulldozer [U. S.], hoodlum, hooligan*, larrikin[obs3], roarer*; Mohock, Mohawk; drawcansir[obs3], swashbuckler, Captain Bobadil, Sir Lucius O"Trigger, Thraso, Pistol, Parolles, Bombastes Furioso[obs3], Hector, Chrononhotonthologos[obs3]; jingo; desperado, dare-devil, fire eater; fury, &c. (violent person) 173; rowdy; slang-whanger*[obs3], tough [U. S.].
puppy &c. (fop) 854; prig; Sir Oracle, dogmatist, doctrinaire, jack- in-office; saucebox[obs3], malapert, jackanapes, minx; bantam-c.o.c.k.
-- SECTION III. SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS
1. SOCIAL AFFECTIONS --
#888. Friendship.-- N. friendship, amity; friendliness &c. adj.; brotherhood, fraternity, sodality, confraternity; harmony &c. (concord) 714; peace &c. 721.
firm friendship, staunch friendship, intimate friendship, familiar friendship, bosom friendship, cordial friendship, tried friendship, devoted friendship, lasting friendship, fast friendship, sincere friendship, warm friendship, ardent friendship.
cordiality, fraternization, entente cordiale[Fr], good understanding, rapprochement, sympathy, fellow-feeling, response, welcomeness.
affection &c. (love) 897; favoritism; good will &c. (benevolence) 906.
acquaintance, familiarity, intimacy, intercourse, fellowship, knowledge of; introduction.
V. be friendly &c. adj., be friends &c. 890, be acquainted with &c.
adj.; know; have the ear of; keep company with &c.(sociality) 892; hold communication with, have dealings with, sympathize with; have a leaning to; bear good will &c. (benevolent) 906; love &c. 897; make much of; befriend &c. (aid) 707; introduce to. set one"s horses together; have the latchstring out [U. S.]; hold out the right hand of friendship, extend the right hand of friendship, hold out the right hand of fellowship; become friendly &c. adj.; make friends &c. 890 with; break the lee, be introduced to; make acquaintance with, pick acquaintance with, sc.r.a.pe acquaintance with; get into favor, gain the friendship of.
shake hands with, fraternize, embrace; receive with open arms, throw oneself into the arms of; meet halfway, take in good part.
Adj. friendly; amicable, amical[obs3]; well-affected, unhostile[obs3], neighborly, brotherly, fraternal, sympathetic, harmonious, hearty, cordial, warm-hearted.
friends with, well with, at home with, hand in hand with; on good terms, on friendly terms, on amicable terms, on cordial terms, on familiar terms, on intimate terms, on good footing; on speaking terms, on visiting terms; in one"s good graces, in one"s good books.
acquainted, familiar, intimate, thick, hand and glove, hail fellow well met, free and easy; welcome.
Adv. amicably &c. adj.; with open arms; sans ceremonie[Fr]; arm in arm.
Phr. amicitia semper prodest [Lat][Seneca]; "a mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one" [Carlyle]; "friendship is love without either flowers or veil" [Hare]; trulgus amicitias utilitate probat [Lat][Ovid].
#889. Enmity.-- N. enmity, hostility; unfriendliness &c. adj.; discord &c. 713; bitterness, rancor.
alienation, estrangement; dislike &c. 867; hate &c. 898.
heartburning[obs3]; animosity &c. 900; malevolence &c. 907.
V. be inimical &c. adj.; keep at arm"s length, hold at arm"s length; be at loggerheads; bear malice &c. 907; fall out; take umbrage &c. 900; harden the heart, alienate, estrange.
[not friendly, but not hostile see indifference 866].
Adj. inimical, unfriendly, hostile; at enmity, at variance, at daggers drawn,at open war with; up in arms against; in bad odor with.
on bad terms, not on speaking terms; cool; cold, cold hearted; estranged, alienated, disaffected, irreconcilable.
#890. Friend. -- N. friend, friend of one"s bosom; alter ego; best friend, bosom friend, soulmate, fast friend; amicus[Lat]; usque ad aras[Lat]; fidus Achates[Lat][obs3]; persona grata.
acquaintance, neighbor, next-door neighbor, casual acquaintance, nodding acquaintance; wellwisher.
favorer, fautor[obs3], patron, Mecaenas; tutelary saint, good genius, advocate, partisan, sympathizer; ally; friend in need &c. (auxiliary) 711.
comrade, mate, companion, familiar, confrere, comrade, camarade[obs3], confidante, intimate; old crony, crony; chum; pal; buddy, bosom buddy; playfellow, playmate, childhood friend; bedfellow, bedmate; chamber fellow.
a.s.sociate, colleague, compeer.
schoolmate, schoolfellow[obs3]; cla.s.sfellow[obs3], cla.s.sman[obs3], cla.s.smate; roommate; fellow-man, stable companion.
best man, maid of honor, matron of honor.
compatriot; fellow countryman, countryman.
shopmate, fellow-worker, shipmate, messmate[obs3]; fellow companion, boon companion, pot companion; copartner, partner, senior partner, junior partner.
Arcades ambo Pylades and Orestes Castor and Pollux[obs3], Nisus and Euryalus[Lat], Damon and Pythias, par n.o.bile fratrum[Lat].
host, Amphitryon[obs3], Boniface; guest, visitor, protg.
Phr. amici probantur rebus adversis[Lat]; ohne bruder kann man leben nicht ohne Freund[Ger]; "best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness"
[G. Eliot]; conocidos muchos amigos pocos[Sp]; "friend more divine than all divinities" [G. Eliot]; vida sin amigo muerte sin testigo[Sp].
#891. Enemy. -- N. enemy; antagonist; foe, foeman[obs3]; open enemy, bitter enemy; opponent &c. 710; back friend.
public enemy, enemy to society.
Phr. every hand being against one; "he makes no friend who never made a foe" [Tennyson].
with friends like that, who needs enemies?; Lord protect me from my friends; I can protect myself from my enemies.
#892. Sociality. -- N. sociality, sociability, sociableness &c. adj.; social intercourse; consociation[obs3]; intercourse, intercommunity[obs3]; consortship[obs3], companionship, comradeship; clubbism[obs3]; esprit de corps.
conviviality; good fellowship, good company; joviality, jollity, savoir vivre[Fr], festivity, festive board, merrymaking; loving cup!; hospitality, heartiness; cheer.
welcome, welcomeness; greeting; hearty welcome, hearty reception, warm reception; urbanity &c. (courtesy) 894; familiarity.
good fellow, jolly fellow; bon enfant[Fr], bawc.o.c.k[obs3].
social circle, family circle; circle of acquaintance, coterie, society, company. social gathering, social reunion; a.s.sembly &c.
(a.s.semblage) 72; barbecue [U. S.], bee; corn-husking [U. S.], corn-shucking [U. S.]; house raising, barn raising; husking, husking-bee [U. S.]; infare[obs3].
party, entertainment, reception, levee, at, home, conversazione[It], soiree, matine; evening party, morning party, afternoon party, bridge party, garden party, surprise party; kettle, kettle drum; partie carre[Fr], dish of tea, ridotto[obs3], rout!; housewarming; ball, festival &c; smoker, smoker-party;sociable [U.S.], stag party, hen party, tamasha!; tea-party, tea-fight*. (amus.e.m.e.nt) 840; "the feast of reason and the flow of soul" [Pope].
birthday party[parties for specific occasions], Christmas party, New Year"s Eve party, Thanksgiving Day Dinner; bonenkai[j.a.pan]; wedding reception.
visiting; round of visits; call, morning call; interview &c.
(conversation) 588; a.s.signation; tryst, trysting place; appointment.
club &c. (a.s.sociation) 712.
V. be sociable &c. adj.; know; be acquainted &c. adj.; a.s.sociate with, sort with, keep company with, walk hand in hand with; eat off the same trencher, club together, consort, bear one company, join; make acquaintance with &c. (friendship) 888; make advances, fraternize, embrace.
be at home with, feel at home with, make oneself at home with; make free with; crack a bottle with; receive hospitality, live at free quarters; find the latchstring out [U.S.]. visit, pay a visit; interchange visits, interchange cards; call at, call upon; leave a card; drop in, look in; look one up, beat up one"s quarters.
entertain; give a party &c. n.; be at home, see one"s friends, hang out, keep open house, do the honors; receive, receive with open arms; welcome; give a warm reception &c. n. to kill the fatted calf.
Adj. sociable, companionable, clubbable, conversable[obs3], cosy, cosey[obs3], chatty,, conversational; homiletical.
convivial; festive, festal; jovial, jolly, hospitable.
welcome, welcome as the roses in May; fted, entertained.
free and easy, hall fellow well met, familiar, on visiting terms, acquainted.
social, neighborly; international; gregarious.
Adv. en famille[Fr], in the family circle; sans fa on, sans ceremonie[Fr]; arm in arm.
Phr. "a crowd is not company" [Bacon]; "be bright and jovial among your guests tonight" [Macbeth]; "his worth is warrant for his welcome"
[Two Gentlemen]; "let"s be red with mirth" [Winter"s Tale]; "welcome the coming speed the parting guest" [Pope].
#893. Seclusion. Exclusion. -- N. seclusion, privacy; retirement; reclusion, recess; snugness &c. adj.; delitescence[obs3]; rustication, rus in urbe[Lat]; solitude; solitariness &c. (singleness) 87; isolation; loneliness &c. adj.; estrangement from the world, voluntary exile; aloofness.
cell, hermitage; convent &c. 1000; sanctum sanctorum[Lat].
depopulation, desertion, desolation; wilderness &c. (unproductive) 169; howling wilderness; rotten borough, Old Sarum.
exclusion, excommunication, banishment, exile, ostracism, proscription; cut, cut direct; dead cut.
inhospitality[obs3], inhospitableness &c. adj.; dissociability[obs3]; domesticity, Darby and Joan.
recluse, hermit, eremite, cen.o.bite; anch.o.r.et[obs3], anchorite; Simon Stylites[obs3]; troglodyte, Timon of Athens[obs3], Santon[obs3], solitaire, ruralist[obs3], disciple of Zimmermann, closet cynic, Diogenes; outcast, Pariah, castaway, pilgarlic[obs3]; wastrel, foundling, wilding[obs3].