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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1572
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Parasite, n. [e.m.E. (1539), L. parasīt-us, f. the Gk.] One who eats at another's table and repays him with flattery, a toady, sponger. — 1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 77.
At the banquet of her domesticall parasite
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