SYCOPHANTIC

PRONUNCIATION: (sik/sy-kuh-FAN-tik)

MEANING: adjective: Excessively flattering or fawning, especially in an attempt to win favor or gain advantage.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin sycophanta (informer, slanderer), from Greek sykophantes (informer, slanderer), from sykon (fig) + phainein (to show). Earliest documented use: 1698.
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SYSCOPHANTIC - prividing food and catering services to pachyderms

SYCOPHRANTIC - the crazies are getting desperate

MYCOPHANTIC - the yeast organism that causes Babar's athlete's foot