Lickspittle Definition

lĭkspĭtl
noun
A servile flatterer; toady.
Webster's New World

(by extension) The practice of giving empty flattery for personal gain.

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verb

(intransitive) To play the toady; take the rôle of a lickspittle to please (someone).

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Other Word Forms of Lickspittle

Noun

Singular:
lickspittle
Plural:
lickspittles

Origin of Lickspittle

  • A compounding: lick (“pass one's tongue over") + spittle (“saliva"); the verb may derive by back-formation from the nominal derivation lickspittling (see below).

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