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flattery

English

Etymology

From Middle English flaterye, flaterie, from Old French flaterie, from the verb flater (to flatter). Synchronically analyzable as flatter +? -y (forming abstract nouns).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?flæt??i/
  • Hyphenation: flat?te?ry

Noun

flattery (countable and uncountable, plural flatteries)

  1. (uncountable) Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.
  2. (countable) An instance of excessive praise.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:flattery

Related terms

  • flatter
  • flattered
  • flattering

Translations

Anagrams

  • flat tyre

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beslaver

English

Etymology

From be- +? slaver. Compare beslabber.

Verb

beslaver (third-person singular simple present beslavers, present participle beslavering, simple past and past participle beslavered)

  1. (transitive) To cover with slaver, or anything suggesting slaver.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To cover with fulsome flattery.

Anagrams

  • servable, versable

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