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  • 51Parasitical — Parasitic Par a*sit ic (p[a^]r [.a]*s[i^]t [i^]k), Parasitical Par a*sit ic*al (p[a^]r [.a]*s[i^]t [i^]*kal), a. [L. parasiticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. parasitique.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of the nature of a parasite; having the habits of a parasite; fawning… …

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  • 52Parasitically — Parasitic Par a*sit ic (p[a^]r [.a]*s[i^]t [i^]k), Parasitical Par a*sit ic*al (p[a^]r [.a]*s[i^]t [i^]*kal), a. [L. parasiticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. parasitique.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of the nature of a parasite; having the habits of a parasite; fawning… …

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  • 53Parasiticalness — Parasitic Par a*sit ic (p[a^]r [.a]*s[i^]t [i^]k), Parasitical Par a*sit ic*al (p[a^]r [.a]*s[i^]t [i^]*kal), a. [L. parasiticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. parasitique.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of the nature of a parasite; having the habits of a parasite; fawning… …

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  • 54subservient — adjective Etymology: Latin subservient , subserviens, present participle of subservire Date: circa 1626 1. useful in an inferior capacity ; subordinate 2. serving to promote some end 3. obsequiously submissive ; truckling • subserviently adverb …

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  • 55sycophantish — adjective Date: 1794 sycophantic • sycophantishly adverb …

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  • 56sycophantly — adverb Date: 1672 in a sycophantic manner …

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  • 57trencher — I. noun Etymology: Middle English trenchour knife, serving platter, from Anglo French, from trencher to cut Date: 14th century a wooden platter for serving food II. adjective Date: 14th century 1. of or relating to a trencher or to meals 2.… …

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  • 58sycophantically — adverb see sycophantic …

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  • 59Blackadder — For other uses, see Blackadder (disambiguation). Blackadder Left to right: (back) Tim McInnerny, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, (front) Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson in Blackadder Goes Forth Genre …

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  • 60Satires of Juvenal — [ Frontispiece depicting Juvenal and Persius, from a volume translated by John Dryden in 1711.] The Satires are a collection of satirical poems by the Latin author Juvenal written in the late 1st and early 2nd centuries CE.Juvenal is credited… …

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