Sycophant comes from the Latin noun sȳcophanta “slanderer, informer,” from the Greek noun sȳkophántēs “informer,” literally “fig shower,” from sŷkon “fig” and phaínein “to show.” The significance of figs is uncertain: i...
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Thursday, November 17, 2016
sycophant: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
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