Sycophant
21sycophant — syc|o|phant [ sıkəfənt ] noun count FORMAL an insulting word for someone who praises rich or powerful people in order to gain an advantage ╾ syc|o|phan|cy [ sıkəfənsi ] noun uncount ╾ syc|o|phan|tic [ ,sıkə fæntık ] adjective: He expects… …
22sycophant — [16] Sycophants are etymologically ‘fig showers’. The word comes via Latin sychophanta from Greek súkophántēs, a compound formed from súkon ‘fig’ and phántēs ‘shower’, a derivative of phaínein ‘show’ (source of English fancy, phantom, etc). Súkon …
23sycophant — syc·o·phant || sɪkÉ™fÉ™nt n. one who attempts to gain favor by flattering others …
24sycophant — n. Parasite, fawner, toady, wheedler, flunky, spaniel, lick spittle, pick thank, toad eater, time server, hanger on, mean flatterer …
25sycophant — noun (C) formal someone who praises important or powerful people insincerely in order to get something from them: a dictator surrounded by sycophants sycophantic adjective …
26sycophant — n toady, toadeater, fawner, flatterer, truckler, tufthunter, courtier, wheedler, puffer, back slapper, backscratcher, timeserver, Sl. apple polisher, Sl. brown nose, Sl. brown noser, Sl. brownie, Obs., Rare. blander, Archaic. pickthank; parasite …
27sycophant — syco·phant …
28sycophant — syc•o•phant [[t]ˈsɪk ə fənt, ˌfænt, ˈsaɪ kə [/t]] n. a self seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite • Etymology: 1530–40; < L sȳcophanta < Gk sȳkophántēs informer =sŷko(n) fig +phan (s. of phaínein to show) + tēs agent suffix syc… …
29sycophant — /ˈsɪkəfænt/ (say sikuhfant), / fənt/ (say fuhnt), /ˈsaɪ / (say suy ) noun a self seeking flatterer; a fawning, servile parasite. {Latin sȳcophanta, from Greek sȳkophantēs slanderer, false accuser, literally, fig shower, from sykon fig + phan ,… …
30sycophant — n. flatterer; parasite. ♦ sycophantic a. ♦ sycophancy, ♦ sycophantry, n …
