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单词 sycophantises
释义

sycophant /sikˈō-fənt or sikˈə-, also -fant/

noun
  1. A servile flatterer
  2. A common informer (Gr hist)
ORIGIN: Gr sȳkophantēs an informer, swindler, confidential agent, from sȳkon a fig, and phainein to show; variously but unsatisfactorily explained

sycˈophancy noun

  1. The behaviour of a sycophant
  2. Obsequious flattery
  3. Servility
  4. Mean tale-bearing (Gr hist)

sycophantic /-fantˈik/ or (obsolete) sycophantˈical adjective

sycophantˈically adverb

sycˈophantish (or /-fantˈish/) adjective

sycˈophantishly adverb

sycˈophantize or sycˈophantise intransitive verb

To play the sycophant

sycˈophantry noun

The arts of the sycophant

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