SYCOPHANT
\sˈɪkɒfənt], \sˈɪkɒfənt], \s_ˈɪ_k_ɒ_f_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of SYCOPHANT
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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An informer; a talebearer.
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A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men.
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To inform against; hence, to calumniate.
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To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.
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