Sycophant
(Syc"o*phant) v. t. [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
(Syc"o*phant), v. i. To play the sycophant.
Sycophantcy
(Syc"o*phant*cy) n. Sycophancy. [Obs.]
Sycophantic
(Syc`o*phan"tic Syc`o*phan"tic*al) a. [Cf. Gr. slanderous.] 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
(Syc"o*phant`ish) a. Like a sycophant; obsequiously flattering. — Syc"o*phant`ish*ly,
adv.
Sycophantish satirists that forever humor the prevailing folly.
De Quincey. Sycophantism
(Syc"o*phant*ism) n. Sycophancy.
Sycophantize
(Syc"o*phant*ize) v. i. To play the sycophant.
