hofdolheid

/ˈɦɔfˌdɔl.ɦɛi̯t/
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Tanım

•fawning servility towards a monarch

Etimoloji

Compound of hof (“court”) + dolheid (“madness, craze”), likely formed to resemble hondsdolheid (“rabies”). Reportedly coined by Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, according to Thijs Booy.