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One who fawns; a sycophant.

SYCOPHANTIZE
To play the sycophant.
SYCOPHANTISH
Like a sycophant; obsequiously flattering. -- Syc"o*phant`ish*ly, adv. Sycophantish satirists that forever humor the prevailing folly. De Quincey.
SYCOPHANTCY
Sycophancy.
SYCOPHANT
Gr. sycophante. The reason for the name is not certainly known. See 1. An informer; a talebearer. "Accusing sycophants, of all men, did best sort to his nature." Sir P. Sidney. 2. A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially,
SYCOPHANTISM
Sycophancy.
SYCOPHANTRY
Sycophancy.
SYCOPHANTIC; SYCOPHANTICAL
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.