lickspittle (plural lickspittles)
A fawning toady; a base sycophant.
(by extension) The practice of giving empty flattery for personal gain.
• (fawning toady): brown noser, flatterer, sycophant, toady
lickspittle (third-person singular simple present lickspittles, present participle lickspittling, simple past and past participle lickspittled)
(transitive and intransitive) To play the toady; take the role of a lickspittle to please (someone).
Source: Wiktionary
Lick"-spit`tle, n.
Definition: An abject flatterer or parasite. Theodore Hook.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 May 2024
(noun) an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy
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