Sycophantical

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sycophantic \Syc`o*phan"tic\, Sycophantical \Syc`o*phan"tic*al\,
     a. [Cf. Gr. ? slanderous.]
     Of or pertaining to a sycophant; characteristic of a
     sycophant; meanly or obsequiously flattering; courting favor
     by mean adulation; parasitic.
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           To be cheated and ruined by a sycophantical parasite.
                                                    --South.
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           Sycophantic servants to the King of Spain. --De
                                                    Quincey.
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