adulate
English
Etymology
A learned borrowing from Latin adūlor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæ.d͡ʒə.leɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
adulate (third-person singular simple present adulates, present participle adulating, simple past and past participle adulated)
- (transitive) To flatter effusively.
Derived terms
Translations
to flatter effusively
|
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
adulate
- inflection of adulare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
adulate f pl
- feminine plural of adulato
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
adūlāte
- vocative masculine singular of adūlātus
Spanish
Verb
adulate