adulate

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English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin adūlor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæ.d͡ʒə.leɪt/
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Verb

adulate (third-person singular simple present adulates, present participle adulating, simple past and past participle adulated)

  1. To flatter effusively.

Derived terms

Translations

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

adulate

  1. inflection of adulare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

adulate f pl

  1. feminine plural of adulato

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

adūlāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of adūlātus

Spanish

Verb

adulate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of adular combined with te