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bootlicky

adj

Etymology

From bootlick + -y.

  1. derived from *leyǵʰ-✻ — “to lick”
  2. inherited from *likkōną✻
  3. inherited from *likkōn✻
  4. inherited from liccian
  5. inherited from likken
  6. compounded as bootlick — “boot + lick”
  7. formed as bootlicky — “bootlick + -y”

Definitions

  1. Prone to bootlicking

    Prone to bootlicking; obsequious; servile.

    • Getting scolded like a child was hard to take, especially in front of her. But he couldn’t blame Pa after what happened yesterday. So he gave Pa a nod that he hoped wasn’t too bootlicky and turned Old Dun toward the Crossing.
    • He gave me a blow low enough to look gentlemanly, not bootlicky.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA