Sycophant

sik'o-fant, n. Orig., an informer in Athens, w h o sought favor by denouncing those who stole figs, or exported them contrary to law; a base parasite; mean flatterer; esp., a Svcamore. flatterer of princes and great men. [L. sycophant a, Gr. sukophantes, a fig-show suk on, a and phaineia, to show.] — Syc'ophancy, -fan-si, n. Character or characteristic of a sycophant obsequious flattery; servility. — Sycophantic, -ical, a. Pert, to, or like, a sycophant; obsequiously flattering; parasitic.