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adulation(dictionary)

adulation (iou)



adulation noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin adulatio(n-), from adulari fawn upon: see -ATION.]
Servile flattery; hypocritical praise; an instance of this.
'adulate verb trans. flatter obsequiously M18.
'adulator noun a servile or hypocritical flatterer LME.
adulatory adjective servilely or fulsomely flattering E17.