Adulate Fawn Ad Juh Layt Ad Yuh Layt Verb Flatter Admire Slavishly

To flatter or admire slavishly.

[Back-formation from adulation, from Latin adulari (to flatter, to fawn upon, like a dog wagging its tail). Earliest documented use: 1777; adulation is from around 1400.]

"Media will continue to adulate and fawn before celebrities' feet, like abject courtiers in an imperial palace." - Kevin Myers; The Words 'Celebrity' and 'Ireland' Belong in the Same Sentence; Irish Independent (Dublin, Ireland); Sep 30, 2010.