wallower

[ wol-oh-er ]

noun

1. a person or thing that wallows.
2. (in a windmill) a horizontal gear driven off the brake wheel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wallower¹

First recorded in 1540–50; wallow + -er ¹

Example Sentences

“I didn’t want to be part of that misery pie; I’m not a wallower in self-pity,” said Mr. White, who now runs Constellations Group, a strategic consultancy firm.

From New York Times

“We’re a fast ship and they’re a luxury wallower.”

From Literature

He was, however, better dressed than the Wallower in Wealth, who was believed to own a mattress so well stuffed with gold and silver pieces that it could not be turned without the aid of crowbars.

From Project Gutenberg

Squinting Jack declared, now he came to think of it, eggs had been missing from his hen roost for weeks past; the Wallower in Wealth swore that a sum not exceeding twenty-five shillings had been extracted from his mattress; while the Dumpy Philosopher discovered a number of vacancies among the red cabbages in his back garden.

From Project Gutenberg

This speech had done its work, as George was presently to discover when the Dumpy Philosopher and the Wallower in Wealth approached him with questions concerning the Dartmoor Railway Company.

From Project Gutenberg