adulation
91FLATTERIE — Je ne vois pas un monument de flatterie dans la haute antiquité; nulle flatterie dans Hésiode ni dans Homère. Leurs chants ne sont point adressés à un Grec élevé en quelque dignité, ou à madame sa femme, comme chaque chant des Saisons de… …
92hero-worship — /ˈhɪəroʊ wɜʃɪp/ (say hearroh wership) noun 1. profound reverence for great people or their memory. 2. the worship of deified heroes, as practised by the ancients. 3. admiration or adulation for another person. –verb (t) (hero worshipped or, US,… …
93ad·u·la·tion — /ˌæʤəˈleıʃən/ noun [noncount] : extreme admiration or praise The rugby player enjoyed the adulation of his fans. a writer who inspires adulation in her readers …
94Cog — (k[o^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cogged} (k[o^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cogging}.] [Cf. W. coegio to make void, to beceive, from coeg empty, vain, foolish. Cf. {Coax}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or… …
95Cogged — Cog Cog (k[o^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cogged} (k[o^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cogging}.] [Cf. W. coegio to make void, to beceive, from coeg empty, vain, foolish. Cf. {Coax}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice,… …
96Cogging — Cog Cog (k[o^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cogged} (k[o^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cogging}.] [Cf. W. coegio to make void, to beceive, from coeg empty, vain, foolish. Cf. {Coax}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice,… …
97Compliment — Com pli*ment, n. [F. compliment. It complimento, fr. comlire to compliment, finish, suit, fr. L. complere to fill up. See {Complete}, and cf. {Complement}.] An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard, confidence, civility, or… …
98Contemptible — Con*tempt i*ble, a. 1. Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable. Milton. [1913 Webster] The arguments of tyranny are ascontemptible as its force is dreadful. Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. Despised; scorned; neglected;… …
99Gloze — Gloze, n. 1. Flattery; adulation; smooth speech. [1913 Webster] Now to plain dealing; lay these glozes by. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Specious show; gloss. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] …
100Lapidary — Lap i*da*ry, a. [L. lapidarius pertaining to stone: cf. F. lapidaire.] 1. Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or engraving on stones, either gems or monuments; as, lapidary ornamentation. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to… …
