lickspittle

[ lik-spit-l ]
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noun
  1. a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady.

Origin of lickspittle

1
First recorded in 1620–30; lick + spittle
  • Also Archaic, lick·spit [lik-spit] /ˈlɪkˌspɪt/ .

Words Nearby lickspittle

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How to use lickspittle in a sentence

  • Picture Maddow having said at some point that Benedict was "a capitalist lickspittle."

    Darks Days for Bill Donohue | Michael Tomasky | December 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • You get up right after midnight to practice being a lickspittle and a trimmer!

    Such is Life | Frank Wedekind
  • Had I been the most contemptible lickspittle on the meanest and greediest quest, his expression could not have been worse.

    A Dash .. .. .. For a Throne | Arthur W. Marchmont

British Dictionary definitions for lickspittle

lickspittle

/ (ˈlɪkˌspɪtəl) /


noun
  1. a flattering or servile person

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