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



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