adulation

The definition of adulation is intense adoration.

(noun)

An example of adulation may be a couple who is very much in love.

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See adulation in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Excessive flattery or admiration.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English adulacioun

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin adūlātiō, adūlātiōn-

Origin: , from adūlātus

Origin: , past participle of adūlārī, to flatter

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