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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Flatterar(e, -air, n. Also: flaterar, flatterrar. [ME. flaterer (a 1340), flaterour (1403), f. Flatter,v.1] One who uses flattery. —a1500 Henr. Fab. 593.
Flatteraris with plesand wordis Id. III. 143/23 (M).
In flatterraris [B. flatterreris] to haue plesance c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxvi. 49.
Flattereris into menis facis Ib. lxiii. 39.
Fenȝeouris, fleichouris, and flatteraris c1568 Lauder Minor P. i. 61.
Ane fenyeit flatterair or fuile a1578 Pitsc. I. 132/9.
Infectit … with the wickit consall of flateraris
