Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SYC-O-PHANT'IC
SYC'O-PHANT, or SYC'O-PHANT-IZESYC'O-PHANT-RY
SYC-O-PHANT'IC, a.
- Talebearing; more generally, obsequiously flattering; parasitic; courting favor by men adulation.
- Sycophantic plants, or parasites, are such as adhere to other plants, and depend on them for support.
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