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lickspittled

lickspittled is the simple past and past participle of lickspittle.

Meaning of lickspittle

Verb

lickspittle (third-person singular simple present lickspittles, present participle lickspittling, simple past and past participle lickspittled)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To play the toady; take the role of a lickspittle to please (someone).
    • "[Y]ou take his side, and that is wrong! ...If some young school teacher, or some young lad, lickspittles to him, it's bad enough."1886, Aylmer and Louise Maude, The Light Shines in Darkness, translation of original by Leo Tolstoy, act 1

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Questions about lickspittled

What is lickspittled the simple past and past participle of?
Lickspittled is the simple past and past participle of lickspittle.

Words near lickspittled in the dictionary

  1. licks up
  2. licksome
  3. lickspit
  4. lickspits
  5. lickspittle
  6. lickspittled
  7. lickspittles
  8. lickspittling
  9. lickspout
  10. lickspouts
  11. lickt

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