flunkyism
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
flunkyism (countable and uncountable, plural flunkyisms)
- The state of being a flunkey
- 1648, Thomas Carlyle, Death Warrant:
- This action of the English Regicides did in effect strike a damp like death through the heart of Flunkyism universally in this world
Alternative forms edit
References edit
- “flunlyism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.