sycophantic

sycophant +‎ -ic

• enPR: sĭk-ə-făn'tĭk, IPA^(key): /sɪkəˈfæntɪk/

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• Rhymes: -æntɪk

sycophantic (comparative more sycophantic, superlative most sycophantic)

1. 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.

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