pickthank
noun
Roget 682:
activity;
briskness,
liveliness
etc.
adj.;
animation,
life,
vivacity,
spirit,
dash,
energy;
snap,
vim.
nimbleness,
agility;
smartness,
quickness
etc.
adj.;
velocity,
etc.
274;
alacrity,
promptitude;
despatch,
dispatch;
expedition;
haste
etc.
684;
punctuality
etc.
(early)
132.
eagerness,
zeal,
ardor,
perfervidum aingenium [Lat.],
empressement [Fr.],
earnestness,
intentness;
abandon;
vigor
etc.
(physical energy)
171;
devotion
etc.
(resolution)
604;
exertion
etc.
686.
industry,
assiduity;
assiduousness
etc.
adj.;
sedulity;
laboriousness;
drudgery
etc.
(labor)
686;
painstaking,
diligence;
perseverance
etc.
604.1;
indefatigation†;
habits of business.
vigilance
etc.
459;
wakefulness;
sleeplessness,
restlessness;
insomnia;
pervigilium†,
insomnium†;
racketing.
movement,
bustle,
stir,
fuss,
ado,
bother,
pottering,
fidget,
fidgetiness;
flurry
etc.
(haste)
684.
officiousness;
dabbling,
meddling;
interference,
interposition,
intermeddling;
tampering with,
intrigue.
press of business,
no sinecure,
plenty to do,
many irons in the fire,
great doings,
busy hum of men,
battle of life,
thick of the action.
housewife,
busy bee;
new brooms;
sharp fellow,
sharp blade;
devotee,
enthusiast,
zealot,
meddler,
intermeddler,
intriguer,
busybody,
pickthank†;
hummer,
hustler,
live man [U.S.],
rustler [U.S.].
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Roget 886:
servility;
slavery
etc.
(subjection)
749;
obsequiousness
etc.
adj.;
subserviency;
abasement;
prostration,
prosternation†;
genuflection
etc.
(worship)
990;
fawning
etc.
v.;
tuft-hunting,
timeserving†,
flunkeyism†;
sycophancy
etc.
(flattery)
933;
humility
etc.
879.
sycophant,
parasite;
toad,
toady,
toad-eater;
tufthunter†;
snob,
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†;
flatterer
etc.
935;
doer of dirty work;
ame damnee [Fr.],
tool;
reptile;
slave
etc.
(servant)
746;
courtier;
beat [Slang],
dead beat [Slang],
doughface [U.S.],
heeler [U.S.],
homme de cour [Fr.],
sponger,
sucker [Slang],
tagtail†,
truckler.
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