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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Sicophanticall,) Sycophanticall, adj. [Sicophant n. Cf. e.m.E. sicophanticall (a1566) ‘calumnious, slanderous’.] Behaving in the manner of a sycophant; obsequiously flattering. —1632 Lithgow Trav. v 217.
Herod … eaten of wormes, after the sycophanticall people called his … oration the voyce of God
