About The Word Sycophant
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Sycophant
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What's The Definition Of Sycophant?
[n] a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
Synonyms | Synonyms for Sycophant: crawler | lackey | toady Related Terms | Find terms related to Sycophant: See Also | adulator | apple polisher | ass-kisser | bootlicker | fawner | flatterer | goody-goody | groveler | groveller | truckler Sycophant In Webster's Dictionary \Syc"o*phant\, n. [L. sycophanta a slanderer,
deceiver, parasite, Gr. ? a false accuser, false adviser,
literally, a fig shower; ? a fig + ? to show: cf. F.
sycophante. The reason for the name is not certainly known.
See {Phenomenon}.]
1. An informer; a talebearer. [Obs.] ``Accusing sycophants,
of all men, did best sort to his nature.'' --Sir P.
Sidney.
2. A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially,
a flatterer of princes and great men.
A sycophant will everything admire: Each verse, each
sentence, sets his soul on fire. --Dryden.
\Syc"o*phant\, v. t. [CF. L. sycophantari to deceive, to trick, Gr. ?.] 1. To inform against; hence, to calumniate. [Obs.] Sycophanting and misnaming the work of his adversary. --Milton. 2. To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously. \Syc"o*phant\, v. i. To play the sycophant. |
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