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flattery

noun
/ˈflæt.ə.ɹi/UK/ˈflæt.ɚ.i/US

Etymology

From Middle English flaterye, flaterie, from Old French flaterie, from the verb flater (“to flatter”). By surface analysis, flatter + -y (forming abstract nouns).

  1. derived from flaterie
  2. inherited from flaterye

Definitions

  1. Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win…

    Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.

    • Don't you know that some of his contributions here are pure flattery?

  2. An instance of excessive praise.

    • But I pitty the flatteries, and ſelfe-applauſes of a careleſſe and impenitent heart: This jollity hath in it much danger, and vvithout ſome change, death.

  3. A surname from Irish.

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Derived

Cape Flattery, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, self-flattery

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