Apedia

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

Front adulate \AD-juh-layt or AD-yuh-layt\
Back verb
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.

Tags: priorityhigh

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Abide uh-byde verb  tolerate 2.  to accept objection 3.  a

Previous card: Ease affable a-fuh-bul adjective pleasant talking characterized friendliness

Up to card list: Hard English Vocabulary