flatterer, flaterar, flaterer, flaterere

[Eng. flatter; -er.] One who flatters; one who coaxes, or wheedles with flattering; one who endeavors to gratify the self-love of another by praise, obsequiousne , or respectful behavior. Crabb thus discriminates between flatterer , sucophant, and parasite : "The flatterer is one who flatters by words; the sycophant and parasite is therefore always a flatterer, and something more. for the sycophant adopts every mean artifice by which he can ingratiate himself, and the parasite submits to every degradation and servile compli ance by which he can obtain his base purpose." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.) *flat-ter-e , s. [Eng. flatter ; -e .] A woman who flatters. flat-ter-ing, *flat-er-yng, *flat-er-ung, *flater-ynge, pr. par., a. & 8. [FLATTER, v.] A. As pr . par.: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : 1. Using flattery; soothing or gratifying self-love by praise or obsequiousne . 2. Raising false hopes; encouraging in unfounded expectations. 3. Not representing faithfully; partial; as, a flat tering portrait. Chaucer: C. T. , 707. (Prol.) C. As subst.: The act or practice of using flattery: the manners or conduct of a flatterer; flattery. "With fained flattering and japes." flat-ter-ing-ly, adv . [Eng. flattering ; -ly.] 1. In a flattering manner; so as to flatter. 2. With partiality; in a manner to favor. flat-ter-, *flat-er-ie, *flat-er-y, *flat er-ye. *flat-rye, s . [O. Fr. flaterie ; Fr. flatterie.] The act or practice of flattering; false or vena praise; adulation, obsequiousne . flat-ting, pr. par., a. & 8. [FLAT, v.] A. & B. As pr. par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As substantive: I. Ord. Lang.: The act or proce of making flat or flattening. II. Technically : 1. Gilding : A covering of size over gilding. 2. Gla - making : The operation of opening out a split cylinder of gla so as to make it flat. This is performed in a Flatting-furnace (q. v.), and is a isted by a tool having an iron handle and a wooden cro -piece at the end. 3. Metall .: The act or proce of rolling out metal into plates or sheets. 4. Painting : A style of inside house-painting in which the colors, prepared with oil of turpentine only, are dead, without luster.