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sycophant

N คน ประจบประแจง  คน ประจบสอพลอ  คน เลียแข้งเลียขา  toady flunky fawner flatterer kon-pra-job-pra-jang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SYCOPHANT

n.[Gr. a fig, and to discover. ] Originally, an informer against those who stole figs, or exported them contrary to law, etc. Hence in time it came to signify a talebearer or informer, in general; hence, a parasite; a mean flatterer; especially a flatterer of princes and great men; hence, a deceiver; an impostor. Its most general use is in the sense of an obsequious flatterer or parasite.

 

SYCOPHANT, SYCOPHANTIZE

v.t.To play the sycophant; to flatter meanly and officiously; to inform or tell tales for gaining favor.

 

SYCOPHANTIC

a.Talebearing; more generally, obsequiously flattering; parasitic; courting favor by mean adulation. 1. Sycophantic plants, or parasites, are such as adhere to other plants, and depend on them for support.

 

SYCOPHANTRY

n.Mean and officious talebearing or adulation.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SYCOPHANT

Syc "o *phant, n. Etym: [L. sycophanta a slanderer, deceiver, parasite, Gr. 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.

 

SYCOPHANT

Syc "o *phant, v. t. Etym: [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.

 

SYCOPHANT

SYCOPHANT Syc "o *phant, v. i.

 

Defn: To play the sycophant.

 

SYCOPHANTCY

SYCOPHANTCY Syc "o *phant *cy, n.

 

Defn: Sycophancy. [Obs. ]

 

SYCOPHANTIC; SYCOPHANTICAL

Syc `o *phan "tic, Syc `o *phan "tic *al, a. Etym: [Cf. Gr.

 

Defn: 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.

 

SYCOPHANTISH

SYCOPHANTISH Syc "o *phant `ish, a.

 

Defn: Like a sycophant; obsequiously flattering. -- Syc "o *phant `ish *ly, adv. Sycophantish satirists that forever humor the prevailing folly. De Quincey.

 

SYCOPHANTISM

SYCOPHANTISM Syc "o *phant *ism, n.

 

Defn: Sycophancy.

 

SYCOPHANTIZE

SYCOPHANTIZE Syc "o *phant *ize, v. i.

 

Defn: To play the sycophant.

 

SYCOPHANTRY

SYCOPHANTRY Syc "o *phant *ry, n.

 

Defn: Sycophancy. [Obs. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sycophant

syc o phant |ˈsikəfənt, -ˌfant ˈsɪkəˌfænt | ▶noun a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage. DERIVATIVES syc o phan cy |-fənsē, -ˌfansē |noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting an informer ): from French sycophante, or via Latin from Greek sukophantēs ‘informer, ’ from sukon ‘fig ’ + phainein ‘to show ’; the association with informing against the illegal exportation of figs from ancient Athens (recorded by Plutarch ) is not substantiated.

 

sycophantic

syc o phan tic |ˌsikəˈfantik sɪkəˈfæntɪk | ▶adjective behaving or done in an obsequious way in order to gain advantage: a sycophantic interview. DERIVATIVES syc o phan ti cal ly |ˌsikəˈfantik (ə )lē |adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

sycophant

sycophant |ˈsɪkəfant | ▶noun a person who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain advantage. DERIVATIVES sycophancy noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting an informer ): from French sycophante, or via Latin from Greek sukophantēs ‘informer ’, from sukon ‘fig ’ + phainein ‘to show ’, perhaps with reference to making the insulting gesture of the ‘fig ’ (sticking the thumb between two fingers ) to informers.

 

sycophantic

syco |phan ¦tic |ˌsɪkəˈfantɪk | ▶adjective behaving or done in an obsequious way in order to gain advantage: a sycophantic interview. DERIVATIVES sycophantically |-ˈfantɪk (ə )li |adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sycophant

sycophant noun I thought you wanted a competent assistant, not a nodding sycophant: yes-man, bootlicker, brown-noser, toady, lickspittle, flatterer, flunky, lackey, spaniel, doormat, stooge, cringer, suck, suck-up.

 

sycophantic

sycophantic adjective his clique of sycophantic friends: obsequious, servile, subservient, deferential, groveling, toadying, fawning, flattering, ingratiating, cringing, unctuous, slavish; informal smarmy, bootlicking, brown-nosing.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sycophant

sycophant noun he was surrounded by flatterers and sycophants: toady, creep, crawler, fawner, flatterer, flunkey, truckler, groveller, doormat, lickspittle, kowtower, obsequious person, minion, hanger-on, leech, puppet, spaniel, Uriah Heep; informal bootlicker, yes-man; vulgar slang arse-licker, arse-kisser, brown-nose; N. Amer. vulgar slang suckhole.

 

sycophantic

sycophantic adjective his clique of sycophantic friends: obsequious, servile, subservient, deferential, grovelling, toadying, fawning, flattering, ingratiating, cringing, unctuous, oily, slimy, creeping, crawling, truckling, slavish, bowing and scraping, Uriah Heepish, gushing; informal bootlicking, smarmy; vulgar slang arse-licking, arse-kissing, brown-nosing; N. Amer. vulgar slang suckholing.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sycophant

syc o phant /sɪ́kəf (ə )nt /名詞 C ｟かたく 非難して ｠おべっか使い, へつらい者, 追従者 .

 

sycophantic

syc o phan tic /sɪ̀kəfǽntɪk /形容詞 ｟かたく 非難して ｠おべっかを使う, へつらう .