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† ˈsycophantry Obs.
[f. sycophant n. + -ry.]
= sycophancy.
1670Owen Refl. Libel Wks. 1853 XVI. 272 He seems to design himself an example in the art of sycophantry. a1677Barrow Serm. Matt. vii. 1 Wks. 1687 I. 280 Rather back⁓biting, whispering, supplanting, or sycophantry, than fair and lawfull judging. 1705Hickeringill Priest-cr. ii. iii. 33 Princes..cajol'd..by Flattery and Sycophantry. 1728Morgan Algiers I. Pref. p. ii, This is no Sycophantry, no Adulation. |