“Word” to the Wise.

26 02 2007

Sycophant: one who seeks favor by flattery; a toady.

Word in a sentence challenge:

  1. The praise Oxford received as a poet may simply have issued from the mouths of sycophants hungry for patronage.
    – Howard Chua-Eoan and Helen Gibson, “The Bard’s Beard?”, Time

Try and make a sentence using the “Word of the Day”.


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