SYCOPHANT
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Syc"o*phant (?), n. [L. sycophanta a slanderer, deceiver, parasite, Gr. &unr_; a false accuser, false adviser, literally, a fig shower; &unr_; a fig + &unr_; to show: cf. F. sycophante. The reason for the name is not certainly known. See Phenomenon.] 1. An informer; a talebearer. [Obs.] “Accusing sycophants, of all men, did best sort to his nature.” Sir P. Sidney.
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2. A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men.
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A sycophant will everything admire:
Each verse, each sentence, sets his soul on fire.
Dryden.
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Syc"o*phant (?), v. t. [CF. L. sycophantari to deceive, to trick, Gr. &unr_;.] 1. To inform against; hence, to calumniate. [Obs.]
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Sycophanting and misnaming the work of his adversary.
Milton.
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2. To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.
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Syc"o*phant, v. i. To play the sycophant.
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