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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek συκοφάντης (sykofántis).
Pronunciation
Noun
сикофа́нт • (sikofánt) m anim (genitive сикофа́нта, nominative plural сикофа́нты, genitive plural сикофа́нтов, feminine сикофа́нтка)
- sycophant
Огромной массе так называемых работников «высшего разряда», — государственные чиновники, военные, художники, врачи, священники, судьи, адвокаты и так далее <…>, — отнюдь не было приятно быть причисленной в экономическом отношении к одному классу со скоморохами и домашней прислугой, и предстать просто в качестве сикофантов.- Ogromnoj masse tak nazyvajemyx rabotnikov «vysševo razrjada», — gosudarstvennyje činovniki, vojennyje, xudožniki, vrači, svjaščenniki, sudʹi, advokaty i tak daleje <…>, — otnjudʹ ne bylo prijatno bytʹ pričislennoj v ekonomičeskom otnošenii k odnomu klassu so skomoroxami i domašnej prislugoj, i predstatʹ prosto v kačestve sikofantov.
- The great mass of so-called “higher grade” workers—such as state officials, military people, artists, doctors, priests, judges, lawyers, etc. <…>—found it not at all pleasant to be relegated economically to the same class as clowns and menial servants and to appear merely as sycophants.
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