[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
SYCOPHANT
Meaning of SYCOPHANT in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012