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lickspittle

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˈlɪkspɪtl/Sorted ceiikllpsttStarts with LEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A fawning toady; a base sycophant.

Word origin

A compounding: lick (“pass one’s tongue over”) + spittle (“saliva”); the verb may derive by back-formation from the nominal derivation lickspittling (see below).

Used in a sentence

  • "I've found you out and know you thoroughly, you mean, whining lickspittle!"
  • "You're a suck, a suck and a lickspittle, that's what you are," said the pale man, his voice trembling with passion.
  • His preposterous insults were legendary, and there are accounts of his small-hour attacks on petty moralists and literary lickspittles in obscure Madrid dives where he chain-smoked and drank gallons of gin.

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