adulate

English

Etymology

Back-formation from adulation, 1777.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈæ.d͡ʒə.leɪt/
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Verb

adulate (third-person singular simple present adulates, present participle adulating, simple past and past participle adulated)

  1. To flatter effusively.

Derived terms

Translations

References
  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “adulate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Italian

Verb

adulate

  1. inflection of adulare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

adulate f pl

  1. feminine plural of adulato

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

adūlāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of adūlātus

Spanish

Verb

adulate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of adular combined with te
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