spaniel
To follow loyally or obsequiously, like a spanielTo follow loyally or obsequiously, like a spaniel.
» This dog is a mix between a cocker spaniel and a poodle.
Dieser Hund ist ein Cockerspaniel-Pudel-Mischling. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Эта собака - помесь кокер-спаниеля и пуделя. — marafon
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1 sensesTo follow loyally or obsequiously, like a spaniel.
J. Sedgewick (1840), Timon, but not of Athens, page 200: “Always spanielling at the heels of power, the mitred Dignitaries displayed, from first to last, the most rancorous hostility against her.”
Examples
7 sentencesThis dog is a mix between a cocker spaniel and a poodle.
ruЭта собака - помесь кокер-спаниеля и пуделя. — marafon
deDieser Hund ist ein Cockerspaniel-Pudel-Mischling. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
My neighbor's springer spaniel is adorable.
Teacup is a gold king charles spaniel with hazel eyes a pink nose and a white muzzle and paws.
Ziri's dog is an old Spaniel.
Ziri has a Spaniel.
Origin
From Middle English spaynol, from Old French espaigneul (modern French épagneul), from OldFrom Middle English spaynol, from Old French espaigneul (modern French épagneul), from Old Occitan espaignol, from Vulgar Latin *Hispāniolus (“Spanish”), from Hispānia (“Spain”).
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Forms
spaniels, spanieling, spanieled, spanieled| Base form | spaniel · to spaniel |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | spaniels |
| Present participle | spanieling |
| Past simple | spanieled / spanielled |
| Past participle | spanieled / spanielled |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle