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sycophantry

sycophantry noun: sycophantic behaviour; sycophancy.

Noun

sycophantry (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Sycophantic behaviour; sycophancy.

Origin of sycophantry

From sycophant + -ry.

Questions about sycophantry

What does sycophantry mean?
Sycophantry means sycophantic behaviour; sycophancy.
What part of speech is sycophantry?
Sycophantry is a noun.

Words near sycophantry in the dictionary

  1. sycophantize
  2. sycophantized
  3. sycophantizes
  4. sycophantizing
  5. sycophantly
  6. sycophantry
  7. sycophants
  8. sycoracine
  9. sycoracines
  10. Sycorax
  11. Sycoraxian

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