adulating

Variant of adulate

adulate definition

adu·late (a′jo̵̅o̅ lāt′, -jə-)

transitive verb adulated -·lat′ed, adulating -·lat′·ing

  1. to praise too highly or flatter servilely
  2. to admire intensely or excessively

Etymology: < L adulatus, pp. of adulari, to fawn upon, orig., to wag the tail < ad-, to + *ūlos, tail < IE *ūlo < base *wel- > walk: cf. wheedle

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