adulatory
121adulation — ► NOUN ▪ excessive admiration. DERIVATIVES adulate verb adulatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from adulari fawn on …
122adulate — [a′jo͞o lāt΄, a′jəlāt΄] vt. adulated, adulating [< L adulatus, pp. of adulari, to fawn upon, orig., to wag the tail < ad , to + * ūlos, tail < IE * ūlo < base * wel > WALK: cf. WHEEDLE] 1. to praise too highly or flatter servilely… …
123buttery — buttery1 [but′ər ē, but′rē] n. pl. butteries [ME boterie, ale cellar, pantry < OFr, storage room for casks < ML buteria: see BUTT3] 1. a storeroom for wine and liquor 2. Dial. a LARDER (sense 1) 3. a room in some English colleges where p …
124adulate — v.tr. flatter obsequiously. Derivatives: adulation n. adulator n. adulatory adj. Etymology: L adulari adulat fawn on …
125flattering — adjective showing or representing to advantage a flattering color • Ant: ↑unflattering • Similar to: ↑adulatory, ↑becoming, ↑ingratiating, ↑insinuating, ↑ingratiatory …
126ad|u|la|to|ry — «AJ uh luh TR ee, TOHR », adjective. characterized by adulation; praising too much; flattering slavishly: »Poujade s own public meetings, held before packed houses of adulatory listeners, were well disciplined affairs (Harper s) …
127GRUENHUT, DAVID BEN NATHAN — (17th–18th centuries), German talmudist and kabbalist. In 1682 he printed Ḥayyim Vital s Sefer ha Gilgulim ( On the Transmigration of Souls ), but was prevented from distributing it by the rabbinate of Frankfurt, which opposed kabbalistic works… …
