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sycophantic |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sycophantic \Syc`o*phan"tic\, Sycophantical \Syc`o*phan"tic*al\, a. [Cf. Gr ? slanderous.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sycophantic adj : attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery [syn: {bootlicking}, {fawning}, {obsequious}, {toadyish}]
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