adulate

ad·u·late

verb

The definition of adulate means to lavishly flatter.

To kiss up to someone and gush on and on about how beautiful, smart, funny and delightful he is is an example of adulate.

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adulate

transitive verb

-·lat·ed, -·lat·ing

to praise too highly or flatter servilely
to admire intensely or excessively

Origin of adulate

from Classical Latin adulatus, past participle of adulari, to fawn upon, origin, originally , to wag the tail from ad-, to + an unverified form ?los, tail from Indo-European an unverified form ?lo from base an unverified form wel- from source walk: compare wheedle

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adulate

transitive verb

ad·u·lat·ed, ad·u·lat·ing, ad·u·lates

To praise or admire excessively; fawn on.

Origin of adulate

Back-formation from adulation

Related Forms:

ad′u·la′tor
noun

ad′u·la·to′ry
adjective

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