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syc·o·phant S0953700 (sĭk′ə-fənt, sī′kə-)n. A person who attempts to gain advantage by flattering influential people or behaving in a servile manner. [Latin sȳcophanta, informer, slanderer, from Greek sūkophantēs, informer, from sūkon phainein, to show a fig (perhaps originally said of denouncers of theft or exportation of figs or of persons making a lascivious gesture resembling a fig) : sūkon, fig + phainein, to show; see bhā- in Indo-European roots.] syc′o·phan′tic (-făn′tĭk), syc′o·phan′ti·cal (-tĭ-kəl) adj.syc′o·phan′ti·cal·ly adv.sycophantical (ˌsɪkəˈfæntɪkəl) , sycophantish or sycophantlyadj archaic or obsolete variants of sycophantic ˌsycoˈphantishly advEncyclopediaSeeSycophantThesaurusSeesycophant |