| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|fantik, -faan-, -tēk adjective
Etymology: Greek sykophantikos, from sykophantēs + -ikos -ic
: of, relating to, or characteristic of a sycophant:
a. : fawning , obsequious
some … have been chosen rather for their sycophantic talents than for their intellectual acumen — Ezra Pound
creeps his sycophantic way along the bureaucratic path to knighthood — C.J.Rolo
peacocking about on the lawn, among an imported bevy of sycophantic females — Osbert Sitwell
b. : slanderous , defamatory