Uriah Heepish

Etymology

 * From the Dickens character, noted for his cloying humility, obsequiousness, and insincerity, the stereotypical yes man.

Adjective

 * 1) Exhibiting cloying, insincere obsequiousness.
 * 2) * 2005,, Galileo: A Life (Beard Books, 2005) p. 152
 * Until now the friar had appeared to be a scheming, cowering, Uriah Heepish type, ashamed of his controversial sermon, terrified of its implications for his future, ready to be used anew by the papal legates, just as he had been used by the Pigeon League.
 * 1) * 2005,, Galileo: A Life (Beard Books, 2005) p. 152
 * Until now the friar had appeared to be a scheming, cowering, Uriah Heepish type, ashamed of his controversial sermon, terrified of its implications for his future, ready to be used anew by the papal legates, just as he had been used by the Pigeon League.
 * Until now the friar had appeared to be a scheming, cowering, Uriah Heepish type, ashamed of his controversial sermon, terrified of its implications for his future, ready to be used anew by the papal legates, just as he had been used by the Pigeon League.