| 单词 | adulate |
| 释义 | adulate —adulation, n. —adulator, n. —adulatory /aj"euh leuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj. /aj"euh layt'/, v.t., adulated, adulating. to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely. [1770-80; back formation from adulation, ME < MF < L adulation- (s. of adulatio) servile flattery, fawning, equiv. to adulat(us), ptp. of adulari, -are to fawn upon (of dogs), appar. a nominal deriv., with ad- AD-, of an otherwise unattested base + -ion- -ION] |
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