英语词汇“sycophantize”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

sycophantize

释义

sycophant /sikˈō-fənt or sikˈə-, also -fant/

noun

A servile flatterer
A common informer (Gr hist)

ORIGIN: Gr sȳkophantēs an informer, swindler, confidential agent, from sȳkon a fig, and phainein to show; variously but unsatisfactorily explained

sycˈophancy noun

The behaviour of a sycophant
Obsequious flattery
Servility
Mean tale-bearing (Gr hist)

sycophantic /-fantˈik/ or (obsolete) sycophantˈical adjective

sycophantˈically adverb

sycˈophantish (or /-fantˈish/) adjective

sycˈophantishly adverb

sycˈophantize or sycˈophantise intransitive verb

To play the sycophant

sycˈophantry noun

The arts of the sycophant

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