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noun Etymology: Latin ~a slanderer, swindler, from Greek sykophantes slanderer, from sykon fig + phainein to show — more at fancy Date: 1575 a servile self-seeking flatterer Synonyms: see parasite • ~ adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. a servile flatterer; a toady. Derivatives sycophancy n. sycophantic adj. sycophantically adv. Etymology: F sycophante or L sycophanta f. Gk sukophantes informer f. sukon fig + phaino show: the reason for the name is uncert., and association with informing against the illegal exportation of figs from ancient Athens (recorded by Plutarch) cannot be substantiated ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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~ n formal someone who praises important or powerful people insincerely in order to get something from them (a dictator surrounded by sycophants) - sycophantic adj ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1548, "informer, talebearer, slanderer," from L. sycophanta, from Gk. sykophantes, originally "one who shows the fig," from sykon "fig" + phanein "to show." "Showing the fig" was a vulgar gesture made by sticking the thumb between two fingers, a display which vaguely resembles a fig, itself symbolic of a cunt (sykon also meant "vulva"). The story goes that prominent politicians in ancient Greece held aloof from such inflamatory gestures, but privately urged their followers to taunt their opponents. The sense of "mean, servile flatterer" is first recorded in Eng. 1575. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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