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Uriah Heep

Speech parts

1. Uriah Heep - Noun

2. Uriah Heep - Verb

3. Uriah Heep - Proper noun

Meaning

Uriah Heep

A fictional character, Uriah Heep, in the 1850 Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield, noted for his cloying humility, obsequiousness, and insincerity, the stereotypical yes man.

Uriah Heep (plural Uriah Heeps)

(by extension) Someone like the fictional character Uriah Heep.

Synonyms: bootlicker, brown noser, yes man

Uriah Heep (third-person singular simple present Uriah Heeps, present participle Uriah Heeping, simple past and past participle Uriah Heeped)

To be a yes man, in the style of Uriah Heep.

Synonym: brownnose

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

I am well aware that I am the umblest person going.... My mother is likewise a very umble person. We live in a umble abode. Uriah Heep. Charles Dickens

A live album and DVD, both titled America: Live in the USA, were released in 2003, recorded at the Classic Rock Festival in Trenton, New Jersey in October 2002, which they co-headlined with Uriah Heep. Source: Internet

Author Philip Roth once compared President Richard Nixon to Uriah Heep. Source: Internet

Asia's logo and cover art were created by illustrator Roger Dean of Yes and Uriah Heep fame. Source: Internet

In Jasper Fforde 's novel "The Well of Lost Plots", Uriah Hope becomes Uriah Heep through contact with the misspelling vyrus. Source: Internet

Perhaps Dickens's impressions on his meeting with Hans Christian Andersen informed the delineation of Uriah Heep. Source: Internet

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