Sycophant
71lickspittle — 1. noun /ˈlɪkspɪtl/ a) A fawning toady; a base sycophant.<ref name= OED:lick spittle /> b) The practice of giving empty flattery for personal gain. Syn: brown noser …
72parasite — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sycophant, fawner, hanger on, freeloader (inf.); leech, bloodsucker; inquiline, commensal; symbiont, symbiotic. See servility, flattery. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A plant or animal living on another] Syn …
73Flatterer — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Flatterer >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 flatterer flatterer adulator Sgm: N 1 eu logist eu logist eu phemist Sgm: N 1 optimist optimist encomiast laudator whitewasher GRP: N 2 Sgm …
74Knave — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Knave >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 knave knave rogue Sgm: N 1 Scapin Scapin rascal Sgm: N 1 Lazarillo de Tormes Lazarillo de Tormes Sgm: N 1 bad man bad man &c. 949 Sgm: N 1 blackguard …
75fig — English has two words fig. Fig the fruit [13] comes via Old French figue, Provençal figua, and Vulgar Latin *fica from Latin ficus. This, together with its Greek relative súkon (source of English sycamore and sycophant), came from a pre Indo… …
76'Damocles — , DAMOCLEAN The story of the sword of Damocles, told by the Roman orator Cicero, points out that perils and responsibilities often accompany royalty. It also symbolizes the uncertainty of human greatness and life in general. When we say… …
77fig — (n.) early 13c., from O.Fr. figue (12c.), from O.Prov. figa, from V.L. *fica, from L. ficus fig tree, fig, from a pre I.E. Mediterranean language, possibly Semitic (Cf. Phoenician pagh half ripe fig ). A reborrowing of a word that had been taken… …
78sycophancy — 1620s, from L. sycophantia, from Gk. sykophantia, from sykophantes (see SYCOPHANT (Cf. sycophant)) …
79lick arse — Verb. To act obsequiously, to be a sycophant. Noun. A sycophant …
80toady — toad·y (tō’dē) n. pl. toad·ies ▸ A person who flatters or defers to others for self serving reasons; a sycophant. tr. & intr.v. toad·ied, toad·y·ing, toad·ies ▸ To be a toady to or behave like a toady. See Synonyms at FAWN(Cf. ↑fawn)1 …
