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.


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