SYCOPHANT


Meaning of SYCOPHANT in English

[sy.co.phant] n [L sycophanta slanderer, swindler, fr. Gk sykophantes slanderer, fr. sykon fig + phainein to show--more at fancy] (1575): a servile self-seeking flatterer syn see parasite -- sycophant adj

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