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sycophantish, a.|ˈsɪkəfəntɪʃ, -fæntɪʃ|
[f. sycophant n. + -ish1.]
Basely obsequious. Hence ˈsycophantishly adv.
1821R. Lee Diary 20 Oct. (1897) 26 Mr. L. said that although he admired Sir W. Scott's talents, still there was something about him which he did not like—a sneaking, flattering, sycophantish manner. 1840De Quincey Essenes ii. Wks. 1897 VII. 133 Vespasian was shrewd enough from the first to suspect him for the sycophantish knave that he was. 1847― Sp. Mil. Nun xxv, Neither proud..nor sycophantishly and falsely humble. 1873‘Annie Thomas’ Two Widows I. iii. 79 [He] vibrated between melodramatic reserve and sycophantish smiling. |