lickspittle
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lickspittle
- /ˈlɪkspɪtl/ UK
Where it comes from
A compounding: lick (“pass one’s tongue over”) + spittle (“saliva”); the verb may derive by back-formation from the nominal derivation lickspittling (see below).
noun lickspittles · lick-spittle
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A fawning toady; a base sycophant.
"I've found you out and know you thoroughly, you mean, whining lickspittle!"
Similar: brown-noser, flatterer, sycophant, toady
- The practice of giving empty flattery for personal gain.
verb lickspittles · lickspittling · lickspittled · lick-spittle
- To play the toady; take the role of a lickspittle to please (someone). "[Y]ou take his side, and that is wrong! ...If some young school teacher, or some young lad, lickspittles to him, it's bad enough."
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noun fawning toady
| Français | lèche-botte |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Speichellecker |
| Italiano | leccapiedi |
| Русский | льстец lʹstec, подхали́м podxalím, лизоблю́д lizobljúd |
noun practice of giving empty flattery
| Русский | лизоблю́дство lizobljúdstvo, подхали́мство podxalímstvo |
|---|
verb act as a fawning toady
| Français | lèche-botte, lèche-cul |
|---|---|
| Русский | льстить lʹstitʹ, подхалимничать podxalimničatʹ, подли́зываться podlízyvatʹsja |
Talk about this word "lickspittle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lickspittle. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. lickspittle. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lickspittle "lickspittle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lickspittle.Cite this
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title = {lickspittle},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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