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Definition of Sycophantic

Sycophantic
Sycophantic Syc`o*phan"tic, Sycophantical Syc`o*phan"tic*al, a. [Cf. Gr. ? slanderous.] Of or pertaining to a sycophant; characteristic of a sycophant; meanly or obsequiously flattering; courting favor by mean adulation; parasitic. To be cheated and ruined by a sycophantical parasite. --South. Sycophantic servants to the King of Spain. --De Quincey.

Meaning of Sycophantic from wikipedia

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