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adulatorious

adulatorious adjective: adulatory, flattering.

Adjective

adulatorious (comparative more adulatorious, superlative most adulatorious)

  1. (archaic, uncommon) Adulatory, flattering.

Forms of adulatorious

comparativemore adulatorious
superlativemost adulatorious

Origin of adulatorious

From Latin adūlātōrius.

Questions about adulatorious

What does adulatorious mean?
Adulatorious means adulatory, flattering.
What part of speech is adulatorious?
Adulatorious is an adjective.

Words near adulatorious in the dictionary

  1. adulating
  2. adulation
  3. adulations
  4. adulator
  5. adulatorily
  6. adulatorious
  7. adulators
  8. adulatory
  9. adulatress
  10. adulatresses
  11. adulescent

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