adulationn.

Brit.

/ˌadjᵿˈleɪʃn/,

/ˌadʒᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌædʒəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/,

/ˌædjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: Middle English adulacioun, Middle English–1500s adulacion, Middle English– adulation, 1500s adulacyon, 1500s adulatyon; also Scottish pre-1700 adulatione, pre-1700 adulatioun.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French adulation; Latin adūlātiōn-, adūlātiō.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman adulacioun and Middle French adulacion, adulation (French adulation ) servile flattery, an instance of this (12th cent. in Old French), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin adūlātiōn-, adūlātiō act of fawning upon, obeisance, obsequious or servile flattery < adūlāt- , past participial stem of adūlārī adulate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Old Occitan adulatio (14th cent.).

1. Originally: servile flattery; obsequious and sycophantic praise; (later without suggestion of hypocrisy) uncritical or excessive (esp. public) approval, admiration, and attention.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun]

fawninga1350

adulationc1400

papelardya1425

papelardrya1500

captation1523

clawing1548

insinuation1553

curry-favour1581

man-pleasing1588

courting1607

men-pleasing1615

supparasitation1620

sycophantizing1640

assiduity1641

ingratiating1642

licking1648

man-pleasance1656

sycophancy1657

fawnery1661

sycophantrya1677

nutting1789

tuft-hunting1789

cultivation1793

huggery1804

ingratiation1815

sycophantism1821

lickspittling1839

toadyship1839

toadyism1840

bootlicking1849

toadying1863

arse-licking1912

lickspittle1914

apple-polishing1926

pot-licking1929

brown-nosing1934

ass-kissing1936

arse-kissing1937

ass-licking1946

sucking-up1946

bum-sucking1949

love bomb1975

love-bombing1976

c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 180 Ȝe knowen wel oure wordes were not in word of adulacioun, ne in occacioun of auarice.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 431 (MED) The thonke of an enemye..where glosenge and adulation reignethe.

?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature iii. sig. Cvij^v By fayned flatterye, and by coloured adulacyon.

1582 Bible (Rheims) 1 Thess. ii. 5 For neither haue we been at any time in the word of adulation, as you know.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 251 Thinks thou the fierie Feuer will goe out With Titles blowne from Adulation ?

1652 C. Manuche Loyal Lovers i. i. 1 How conspicuously the Hogans are conculcated by their own Adulation.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. iii. 26 Adulation ever follows the ambitious; for such alone receive most pleasure from flattery.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table xii. 340 I have two letters on file; one is a pattern of adulation, the other of impertinence.

1896 Argosy Feb. 432/1 The public have this season extended to Emma Calvé the greatest adulation a singer can receive.

1957 Listener 31 Oct. 683/2 Adulation of film stars..and other requisites of the popular press.

2002 Independent 14 June 14/2 Rudy Giuliani became the most popular man in the world..but the former Mayor of the Big Apple has let the adulation go to his head.

2. An instance of this; (in plural) excessive or overweening compliments; blandishments.

ΚΠ

1565 T. Hall in J. Hall Expositiue Table To Rdrs. in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. sig. N.ii Lyke Parasites wyth friuolous adulatyons, to rocke suche fooles a sleape.

1683 Englands Vanity 3 He too greedily swallowed down those vain Adulations, and was inebriated with the conceit of being voted a Deity.

1741 E. A. Laval Compend. Hist. Reformation IV. ii. 1035 A Speech..no better than a Mingle-mangle of base Adulations.

1769 O. Goldsmith Rom. Hist. II. 15 An adulation that would have sickened and disgusted by its grossness, the weakest and vainest of monarchs.

1885 Catholic World Feb. 665 The fair girl..was much sought after. She was a little tired of so continuous an adulation.

1997 B. Smith Passion & Scandal v. 122 The adulations heaped on him during the five years it took to construct..[the building] were all forgotten.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adulation
释义	adulationn. Brit. /ˌadjᵿˈleɪʃn/, /ˌadʒᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌædʒəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌædjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: Middle English adulacioun, Middle English–1500s adulacion, Middle English– adulation, 1500s adulacyon, 1500s adulatyon; also Scottish pre-1700 adulatione, pre-1700 adulatioun. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French adulation; Latin adūlātiōn-, adūlātiō. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman adulacioun and Middle French adulacion, adulation (French adulation ) servile flattery, an instance of this (12th cent. in Old French), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin adūlātiōn-, adūlātiō act of fawning upon, obeisance, obsequious or servile flattery < adūlāt- , past participial stem of adūlārī adulate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Old Occitan adulatio (14th cent.). 1. Originally: servile flattery; obsequious and sycophantic praise; (later without suggestion of hypocrisy) uncritical or excessive (esp. public) approval, admiration, and attention. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] fawninga1350 adulationc1400 papelardya1425 papelardrya1500 captation1523 clawing1548 insinuation1553 curry-favour1581 man-pleasing1588 courting1607 men-pleasing1615 supparasitation1620 sycophantizing1640 assiduity1641 ingratiating1642 licking1648 man-pleasance1656 sycophancy1657 fawnery1661 sycophantrya1677 nutting1789 tuft-hunting1789 cultivation1793 huggery1804 ingratiation1815 sycophantism1821 lickspittling1839 toadyship1839 toadyism1840 bootlicking1849 toadying1863 arse-licking1912 lickspittle1914 apple-polishing1926 pot-licking1929 brown-nosing1934 ass-kissing1936 arse-kissing1937 ass-licking1946 sucking-up1946 bum-sucking1949 love bomb1975 love-bombing1976 c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 180 Ȝe knowen wel oure wordes were not in word of adulacioun, ne in occacioun of auarice. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 431 (MED) The thonke of an enemye..where glosenge and adulation reignethe. ?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature iii. sig. Cvij^v By fayned flatterye, and by coloured adulacyon. 1582 Bible (Rheims) 1 Thess. ii. 5 For neither haue we been at any time in the word of adulation, as you know. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 251 Thinks thou the fierie Feuer will goe out With Titles blowne from Adulation ? View more context for this quotation 1652 C. Manuche Loyal Lovers i. i. 1 How conspicuously the Hogans are conculcated by their own Adulation. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. iii. 26 Adulation ever follows the ambitious; for such alone receive most pleasure from flattery. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table xii. 340 I have two letters on file; one is a pattern of adulation, the other of impertinence. 1896 Argosy Feb. 432/1 The public have this season extended to Emma Calvé the greatest adulation a singer can receive. 1957 Listener 31 Oct. 683/2 Adulation of film stars..and other requisites of the popular press. 2002 Independent 14 June 14/2 Rudy Giuliani became the most popular man in the world..but the former Mayor of the Big Apple has let the adulation go to his head. 2. An instance of this; (in plural) excessive or overweening compliments; blandishments. ΚΠ 1565 T. Hall in J. Hall Expositiue Table To Rdrs. in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. sig. N.ii Lyke Parasites wyth friuolous adulatyons, to rocke suche fooles a sleape. 1683 Englands Vanity 3 He too greedily swallowed down those vain Adulations, and was inebriated with the conceit of being voted a Deity. 1741 E. A. Laval Compend. Hist. Reformation IV. ii. 1035 A Speech..no better than a Mingle-mangle of base Adulations. 1769 O. Goldsmith Rom. Hist. II. 15 An adulation that would have sickened and disgusted by its grossness, the weakest and vainest of monarchs. 1885 Catholic World Feb. 665 The fair girl..was much sought after. She was a little tired of so continuous an adulation. 1997 B. Smith Passion & Scandal v. 122 The adulations heaped on him during the five years it took to construct..[the building] were all forgotten. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1400
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