snivelardt

-ard.] A sniveler. -er1.] 1. One who snivels, or who cries with sniveling.-2. One who weeps; especially, one who manifests weakne by weeping. And more lament, when I was dead, Than all the snivellers round my bed. Swift, Death of Dr. Swift. 3. Figuratively, one who affects tearfulne or expre ions of penitence, especially with a nasal tone. sniveling, snivelling (sniv'l-ing), p. a. Running at the nose; drawing up the mucus in the nose with an audible sound; hence, figuratively, whining; weakly tearful; affecting tearfulne : much used loosely as an epithet of contempt. "That sniveling virtue of meekne ," as my father would always call it. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, ix. 12. Come forward, you sneaking, snivelling sot you. Sheridan (?), The Camp, i. 1.