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Raresycophant
The correct spelling is sycophant.
How to pronounce sycophant
/ˈsɪkəfænt/
nounIPA: /ˈsɪkəfænt/
Say it like: Syc-ofa-nt
The correct spelling is sycophant. One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favor or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favor or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
- 2.One who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential.
- 3.An informer; a talebearer.
verb
- 1.To inform against; hence, to calumniate.
- 2.To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.
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