SYCOPHANT

sycophant, toady, crawler, lackey, ass-kisser

(noun) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

sycophant (plural sycophants)

One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favor or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.

Synonyms: ass-kisser, brown noser, suck up, yes man, Thesaurus:sycophant

One who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential.

Synonyms: parasite, flunky, lackey, Thesaurus:sycophant

(obsolete) An informer; a talebearer.

Verb

sycophant (third-person singular simple present sycophants, present participle sycophanting, simple past and past participle sycophanted)

(transitive) To inform against; hence, to calumniate.

(transitive) To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.

Source: Wiktionary

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Syc"o*phant, n. Etym: [L. sycophanta a slanderer, deceiver, parasite, Gr. sycophante. The reason for the name is not certainly known. See Phenomenon.]

1. An informer; a talebearer. [Obs.] "Accusing sycophants, of all men, did best sort to his nature." Sir P. Sidney.

2. A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men. A sycophant will everything admire: Each verse, each sentence, sets his soul on fire. Dryden.

Syc"o*phant, v. t. Etym: [CF. L. sycophantari to deceive, to trick, Gr.

1. To inform against; hence, to calumniate. [Obs.] Sycophanting and misnaming the work of his adversary. Milton.

2. To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.

Syc"o*phant, v. i.

Definition: To play the sycophant.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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