sycophant

sycophant englannista suomeksi

1. imartelija

0. Substantiivi

1. hännystelijä, mielistelijä, imartelija, vulgar perseennuolija, nuoleskelija

1. Verbi

sycophant englanniksi

1. One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.

(synonyms)

2. (RQ:Dryden The Art of Poetry)

3. (RQ:Fielding Miscellanies)

4. One who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential.

(syn)

5. An informer; a talebearer.

6. (RQ:Sidney Arcadia)

7. To inform against; hence, to calumniate.

8. {{quote-text|en|year=1642|author=John Milton|title=Apology for Smectymnuus

9. To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.