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Definition of Sycophantish
1. a. Like a sycophant; obsequiously flattering.
Definition of Sycophantish
1. Adjective. (archaic) sycophantic ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sycophantish
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sycophantish
Literary usage of Sycophantish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... sycophantish letters to all the nobles and princes with whom he was acquainted.
This plan proved eminently successful, for large sums were given him, ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1828)
"... and perceiving that we were strangers, he used the most fawning and sycophantish
behaviour to effect his object, kissing our hands and clothes. ..."
3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... truckling, sycophantic, sycophantish (rare), pick t hank (archaic), parasitic (rare;
equiv. of "sycophantic"), supple, subservient. ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1864)
"The consequence of all this was, that Whately was thrown in Dublin, even more
than he had been in Oxford, upon a small circle of somewhat sycophantish ..."
5. Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1874)
"... the reduction of the franchise, and to the sycophantish cant in which he is
assumed to be the sole •creator of the wealth and greatness of the country. ..."
6. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... sycophantish letters to all the nobles and princes with whom he was acquainted.
This plan proved eminently successful, for large sums were given him, ..."
7. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1828)
"... and perceiving that we were strangers, he used the most fawning and sycophantish
behaviour to effect his object, kissing our hands and clothes. ..."
8. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... truckling, sycophantic, sycophantish (rare), pick t hank (archaic), parasitic (rare;
equiv. of "sycophantic"), supple, subservient. ..."
9. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1864)
"The consequence of all this was, that Whately was thrown in Dublin, even more
than he had been in Oxford, upon a small circle of somewhat sycophantish ..."
10. Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1874)
"... the reduction of the franchise, and to the sycophantish cant in which he is
assumed to be the sole •creator of the wealth and greatness of the country. ..."
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