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cringer

noun

Etymology

From cringe + -er.

  1. derived from *grenǵʰ-✻ — “to turn”
  2. derived from *kringaną✻
  3. inherited from *krangijaną✻ — “to cause to fall; to cause to turn”
  4. inherited from *crenċan✻
  5. inherited from crengen — “to bend in a haughty manner; to condescend”
  6. suffixed as cringer — “cringe + er”

Definitions

  1. A person who cringes or shies away.

    • That's Koops, from Petalburg. He's got confidence issues... He's a...cringer, y'know?

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for cringer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA