lickspittle
1lickspittle — also lick spittle, sycophant, abject toady, 1741, from LICK (Cf. lick) (v.1) + SPITTLE (Cf. spittle) …
2lickspittle — *parasite, sycophant, toady, bootlicker, hanger on, leech, sponge, sponger, favorite …
3lickspittle — ► NOUN ▪ a person who behaves obsequiously to those in power …
4lickspittle — [lik′spit΄ l] n. a servile flatterer; toady …
5lickspittle — 1. noun /ˈlɪkspɪtl/ a) A fawning toady; a base sycophant.<ref name= OED:lick spittle /> b) The practice of giving empty flattery for personal gain. Syn: brown noser …
6lickspittle — A little used word referring to someone who is so sycophantic that he would lick someone’s spittle from the ground. In occasional use since the seventeenth century, and alluded to by Howard Jacobson in Redback. ‘someone had even hissed… …
7lickspittle — noun Date: 1825 a fawning subordinate ; toady …
8lickspittle — /lik spit l/, n. a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady. Also, lickspit. [1620 30; LICK + SPITTLE] * * * …
9lickspittle — noun a person who behaves obsequiously to those in power …
10lickspittle — n. Abject parasite, mean flatterer, lick platter, lick trencher …