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adulate

VT ยกยอ  ประจบประแจง  ป้อยอ  yok-yo

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ADULATE

Ad "u *late, v. t. Etym: [L. adulatus, p. p. of adulari.]

 

Defn: To flatter in a servile way. Byron.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

adulate

ad u late |ˈajəˌlāt ˈæʤəleɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] praise (someone ) excessively or obsequiously. DERIVATIVES ad u la tor |-ˌlātər |noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Latin adulat- ‘fawned on, ’ from the verb adulari.

 

Oxford Dictionary

adulate

adulate |ˈadjʊleɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] praise (someone ) excessively. DERIVATIVES adulator noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Latin adulat- ‘fawned on ’, from the verb adulari.

 

French Dictionary

adulateur

adulateur , trice n. m. et f. nom masculin et féminin littéraire Personne qui loue à l ’excès. SYNONYME flatteur .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

adulate

ad u late /ǽdʒəlèɪt |ǽdju -/動詞 他動詞 (過度に )…にへつらう, お世辞 [お追従 ]を言う .