D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Sycophantic

/sĭk-ə-făn'tĭk/ · Syc·o·phan·tic · IPA /sɪkəˈfæntɪk/
01 a. Of or pertaining to a sycophant; characteristic of a sycophant; meanly or obsequiously flattering; courting favor by mean adulation; parasitic.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to a sycophant; characteristic of a sycophant; meanly or obsequiously flattering; courting favor by mean adulation; parasitic.
    “To be cheated and ruined by a sycophantical parasite.” South.
    Sycophantic servants to the King of Spain.” De Quincey.