adulator

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin adūlātor. === Noun === adulator (plural adulators) One who lavishes excessive praises or flattery; one who adulates. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === laudator == Latin == === Etymology === From adūlor (“to fawn upon, flatter”) + -tor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.duːˈɫaː.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.duˈlaː.tor] === Noun === adūlātor m (genitive adūlātōris); third declension a low cringing flatterer; a sycophant ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== adūlātorius ==== Descendants ==== English: adulator French: adulateur Italian: adulatore → Polish: (Middle Polish) adulator (learned) Gallo-Italic: Romagnol: aduladôr, adulatôr Portuguese: adulador Spanish: adulador === Verb === adūlātor second/third-person singular future active imperative of adūlor === References === “adulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “adulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “adulator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. === Anagrams === laudātor == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin adūlātor. First attested in 1560. === Pronunciation === (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /a.duˈlɒ.tɔr/ === Noun === adulátor m animacy unattested (Middle Polish) adulator Synonyms: pochlebca, służalec ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “adulator”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French adulateur. === Noun === adulator m (plural adulatori, feminine equivalent adulatoare) worshiper ==== Declension ====