different between lickpot vs insignitor

English

Etymology

From lick +? pot. Possibly from the act of using a finger to clean a pot after eating.

Noun

lickpot (plural lickpots)

1. (archaic) The forefinger. [14th–15th c.]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:index finger
2. An untrustworthy sycophant.

   Synonyms: lickspittle, sycophant, toady; see also Thesaurus:sycophant

Translations

Further reading

• lickpot at OneLook Dictionary Search

References

Latin

Etymology 1

From ?nsigni? +? -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.si???ni?.tor/, [??s?i???ni?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.si???i.tor/, [insi???i?t??r]

Noun

?nsign?tor m (genitive ?nsign?t?ris); third declension

1. engraver

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

• insignitor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• insignitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Etymology 2

Inflective forms of the verb ?nsigni?

Verb

?nsigni?

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of ?nsigni?: "Be distinguished!"
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of ?nsigni?: "He/she/it shall be distinguished!", or "Let him/her/it be distinguished!"