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lickspittle

[ lik-spit-l ]
/ ˈlɪkˌspɪt l /
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noun
a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady.
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Also Archaic, lick·spit [lik-spit] /ˈlɪkˌspɪt/ .

Origin of lickspittle

First recorded in 1620–30; lick + spittle

Words nearby lickspittle

lick into shape, Lick Observatory, lick one's chops, lick one's wounds, lick someone's boots, lickspittle, lick the stuffing out of, licorice, licorice stick, lictor, lid
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Words related to lickspittle

brownnose, flatterer, flunky, lackey, sycophant, toady, yes man, ass-kisser, bootlicker, fawner, groveler, truckler

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|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
a flattering or servile person
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