sycophantic

Definition

Excessively eager to please, especially for personal gain; obsequious, flattering.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σῡκοφᾰντῐκός (sūkophăntĭkós). By surface analysis, sycophant + -ic.

Example Sentences

• "The sycophantic slags all say / "I knew him first, and I knew him well""
• "I melt into a sycophantic soup, and all that’s left to do is giggle, fawn and swoon."
• "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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