SWUM, swum, _pa.p._ of _swim_.
SWUNG, swung, _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of _swing_.
SYB, sib, _adj._ (_Spens._). Same as SIB.
SYBARITE, sib'a-r[=i]t, _n._ an inhabitant of Sybaris, a Greek city in
ancient Italy, on the Gulf of Tarentum, noted for the effeminacy and luxury
of its inhabitants: one devoted to luxury.--_adjs._ SYBARIT'IC, -AL.--_n._
SYB'ARITISM.
SYBO, s[=i]'b[=o], _n._ a Scotch form of _Cibol_ (q.v.):--_pl._ SY'BOES.
SYBOTIC, s[=i]-bot'ik, _adj._ pertaining to a swineherd.--_n._ SY'BOTISM.
[Gr. _syb[=o]t[=e]s_, swineherd.]
SYCAMINE, sik'a-m[=i]n, _n._ (_B._) supposed to be the black mulberry-tree
(_Morus nigra_).
SYCAMORE, sik'a-m[=o]r, _n._ a fruit-tree of the fig family, common in
Palestine, &c.: a species of maple, in Scotland usually called
_plane-tree_: in America, the native plane. [Gr. _sykomoros_--_sykon_, a
fig, _moron_, black mulberry.]
SYCE. Same as _Sice_ (q.v.).
SYCOPHANT, sik'[=o]-fant, _n._ a common informer: a servile
flatterer.--_n._ SYC'OPHANCY, the behaviour of a sycophant: mean
tale-bearing: obsequious flattery: servility--also SYCOPHANT'ISM.--_adjs._
SYCOPHANT'IC, -AL, SYCOPHANT'ISH, like a sycophant: obsequiously
flattering: parasitic.--_v.i._ SYC'OPHANTISE.--_adv._
SYC'OPHANTISHLY.--_n._ SYC'OPHANTRY, the arts of the sycophant. [Gr.
_sykophant[=e]s_, usually said to mean one who informed against persons
exporting figs from Attica or plundering the sacred fig-trees; but more
prob. one who brings figs to light by shaking the tree, hence one who makes
rich men yield up their fruit by informations and other vile arts--_sykon_,
a fig, _phainein_, to show.]
SYCOSIS, s[=i]-k[=o]'sis, _n._ a pustular eruption on the scalp or bearded
part of the face, due to ringworm, acne, or impetigo. [Gr.,--_sykon_, a
fig.]
SYENITE, s[=i]'en-[=i]t, _n._ a rock composed of feldspar and
hornblende.--_adj._ SYENIT'IC, relating to _Syene_ in Egypt: pertaining to
syenite. [From Gr. _Sy[=e]n[=e]_, Syene in Egypt.]