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bootlickier

bootlickier is the comparative form of bootlicky.

Meaning of bootlicky

Adjective

bootlicky (comparative bootlickier, superlative bootlickiest)

  1. (derogatory, informal) Prone to bootlicking; obsequious; servile.
    • If Peter Arnett had been anywhere near as bootlicky and obsequious with Saddam Hussein as Alan Simpson was in a visit to the Iraqi dictator last April, we could understand why the CNN correspondent was being assaulted for his interviews and coverage.1991 February 8, “Sen. Simpson And Peter Arnett”, in The Washington Post

Questions about bootlickier

What is bootlickier the comparative form of?
Bootlickier is the comparative form of bootlicky.

Words near bootlickier in the dictionary

  1. bootlick
  2. bootlicked
  3. bootlicker
  4. bootlickers
  5. bootlickery
  6. bootlickier
  7. bootlickiest
  8. bootlicking
  9. bootlickings
  10. bootlicks
  11. bootlicky

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bootlickier (page history and authors); bootlicky (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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