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Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French flatour, variant of flateour, from the verb flater (“to flatter”).
Noun
flatour (plural flatours)
- flatterer
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 4515-4516:
Allas! ye lordes, many a fals flatour
Is in your courtes, and many a losengeour, [...]- Alas! you lords, many a false flatterer
Is in your courts, and many a sycophant,
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