Adulatress

[Fr. adulatrice.] A woman who flatters in exce , or servilely. (R.) Ad'ule. (Anc. Geog.) The modern Zulla, situate in Annesley bay, on the west coast of the Red Sea. Lat. 15° 40 Ν. Adullam. (Anc. Geog .) One of the cities of the plain, in the tribe of Judah, fortified by king Rehoboam. The "Cave of Adullam," where David hid when pursued by the Philistines, was probably near the Dead Sea. Adult', a . Fr. adulte , from Lat. adult us , grown up.] In a general sense, a term signifying anything grown up to, or arrived at maturity. It is also applied to that period of human life which extends from manhood to old age.