SYCOPHANTIC
bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish
(adjective) attempting to win favor by flattery
bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish
(adjective) attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sycophantic (comparative more sycophantic, superlative most sycophantic)
Obsequious, flattering, toadying.
Source: Wiktionary
Syc`o*phan"tic, Syc`o*phan"tic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. Gr.
Definition: Of or pertaining to a sycophant; characteristic of a sycophant;
meanly or obsequiously flattering; courting favor by mean adulation;
parasitic.
To be cheated and ruined by a sycophantical parasite. South.
Sycophantic servants to the King of Spain. De Quincey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition