adulate

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adulate

/ˈæ.d͡ʒə.leɪt/

Where it comes from

A learned borrowing from Latin adūlor.

verb adulates · adulating · adulated

transitive To flatter effusively.

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verb to flatter effusively

Español	adular
Português	adular
Français	aduler
Deutsch	lobhudeln
Italiano	adulare
Русский	подхали́мничать podxalímničatʹ, подхали́мствовать podxalímstvovatʹ, низкопокло́нничать nizkopoklónničatʹ

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@misc{adulate_2026,
  title = {adulate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adulate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}