Word of the Day - Sycophant

[debodun]

Sycophant (noun) - a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage. Brown-noser, yes-man, toady.

The king was surrounded by sycophants in his court.

 

[Paco Dennis]

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Yeah...now we just need to find out what "obsequiously" means! LOL

 

[debodun]

With the Internet, that shouldn't be too difficult.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

With the Internet, that shouldn't be too difficult.

Not at all. I was just being facetious. In fact, I besides being able to "ask" the Google lady what it means, I have access to the Oxford American dictionary right on my computer's dock.

 

[Irwin]

Sycophant (noun) - a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage. Brown-noser, yes-man, toady.

See Devan Nunes.

 

[Bretrick]

The CEO of many companies must after a while get sick of bootlicking sycophants.