groveling

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groveling

  1. (US) present participle and gerund of grovel
    • 1697, John Dryden, Georgics, translation of original by Virgil, Book III, lines 13–14:
      New ways I must attempt, my groveling name
      To raise aloft, and wing my flight to fame.

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groveling (plural grovelings)

  1. The act of one who grovels.