n.
A servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people.
[Latin s
cophanta, informer, slanderer, from Greek s
kophant
s, informer, from skon phainein, to show a fig (probably originally said of denouncers of theft or exportation of figs) : skon, fig + phainein, to show; see bh
-1 in Indo-European roots.]
cophanta, informer, slanderer, from Greek skophants, informer, from skon phainein, to show a fig (probably originally said of denouncers of theft or exportation of figs) : skon, fig + phainein, to show; see bh-1 in Indo-European roots.]Noun | 1. | sycophant - a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveler, groveller, truckler - someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect goody-goody - a person who behaves extremely well in order to please a superior |
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