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sycophant
—sycophantic, sycophantical, sycophantish, adj. —sycophantically, sycophantishly, adv. —sycophantism, n.
/sik"euh feuhnt, -fant', suy"keuh-/, n.
a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
[1530-40; < L sycophanta < Gk sykophántes informer, equiv. to syko(n) fig + phan- (s. of phaínein to show) + -tes agentive suffix]
Syn. toady, yes man, flunky, fawner, flatterer. |