Uriah Heepish

== English == === Etymology === From Uriah Heep +‎ -ish: From the Dickens character Uriah Heep, noted for his cloying humility, obsequiousness, and insincerity, the stereotypical yes man. === Adjective === Uriah Heepish (comparative more Uriah Heepish, superlative most Uriah Heepish) Exhibiting cloying, insincere obsequiousness. 2005, James Reston, Jr., 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.