{ Syc`o*phan"tic (?), 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.
Syc"o*phant`ish (?), a. Like a sycophant; obsequiously flattering. --
Syc"o*phant`ish*ly, adv.
Sycophantish satirists that forever humor the prevailing folly.
De Quincey.
Syc"o*phant*ism (?), n. Sycophancy.
Syc"o*phant*ize (?), v. i. To play the sycophant.