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sycophantic
/ˌsɪ kə ˈfæn tɪk/
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attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
sycophantic meaning(s)
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- (adj) attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
- (adj) attempting to win favor by flattery
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- But I have gotten more business by being direct and honest than I ever got being obsequious and sycophantic.
- But I have gotten more business by being direct and honest than I ever got being obsequious and sycophantic.
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sydenham
English physician (1624-1689)
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sydenham's chorea
chorea occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic…
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sydney
/ˈsɪd ni/
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the largest Australian city located in southeastern Australia on the Tasman…
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sydney harbor bridge
a steel arch bridge in Sydney, Australia
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sydney pollack
United States filmmaker (born in 1934)
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sydney silky
Australian breed of toy dogs having a silky blue coat
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syllabary
/ˈsɪ lə bə rɪ/
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a writing system whose characters represent syllables
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syllabi
an integrated course of academic studies
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syllabic
/sə ˈlæ bɪk/
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of or relating to syllables
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syllabic script
a writing system whose characters represent syllables
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syllabically
in or with syllables
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syllabicate
/sɪ ˈlæ bɪ kɛɪt/
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divide into syllables
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syllabication
/sɪ ˌlæ bɪ ˈkɛɪ ʃən/
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forming or dividing words into syllables
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syllabicity
the pattern of syllable formation in a particular language
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syllabification
/sɪ ˌlæ bɪ fɪ ˈkɛɪ ʃən/
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forming or dividing words into syllables
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syllabified
divide into syllables
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syllabify
/sɪ ˈlæ bɪ faɪ/
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divide into syllables
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syllabise
divide into syllables
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syllabize
divide into syllables
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syllable
/ˈsɪ lə bəl/
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a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
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syllable structure
the admissible arrangement of sounds in words
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syllabled
pronounced in syllables
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syllabub
spiced hot milk with rum or wine