disapproval A sycophant is a person who behaves in a sycophantic way. a dictator surrounded by sycophants, frightened to tell him what he may not like. someone who praises powerful people too much because they want to get something from them - used in order to show disapproval (sycophanta , from sykophantes, from sykon + phainein )
sycophants
Произношение
Этимология
[ -f&nt also -"fant ] (noun.) 1575. Latin sycophanta slanderer, swindler, from Greek sykophantEs slanderer, from sykon fig + phainein to show; more at FANCY.