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English
Etymology
From sycophant + -ic.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sycophantic (comparative more sycophantic, superlative most sycophantic)
- Excessively eager to please, especially for personal gain; obsequious, flattering.
September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian:when the princess’s former nanny Marion Crawford, “Crawfie”, published an entirely anodyne and sycophantic memoir in 1950, she was cast into outer darkness by the family.
Translations
obsequious, flattering, toadying