A word of unknown origin with no certain cognates in other Germanic claw Earlier clawback (n.) meant "one who fawns on another, a sycophant" (1540s), from phrase claw the back "flatter, curry favor... ketchup If this stated origin is correct, it might be from Tulu kajipu, meaning...
of or belonging to the people at large; ordinary, vulgar," and as a noun, "a commonwealth; public property." This Latin word was altered (probably by influence of Latinpubes"adult population, adult;" seepubis) from Old Latinpoplicus"pertaining to the people," frompopulus"people" (seepeop...
(non-classical from of 瞢) dark and obscure, obscure; not bright, used in girl’s name, good; fine 423 U+5984 妄 absurd, foolish, reckless; false 424 U+5B1B 嬛 apt, clever; sycophant, flatterer 425 U+4F5E 佞 flattery; glib 426 U+4FAB 侫 flattery; glib 427...
1530s (in Latin form sycophanta), "informer, talebearer, slanderer" (a sense now obsolete), from French sycophante and directly from Latin sycophanta, from Greek sykophantēs "false accuser, slanderer," literally "one who shows the fig," from sykon "fig" (see fig (n.1)) + phainein...
version of the "by god" theory as "absurdly incongruous with facts." At the end, not much is left standing except Spanishbigote"mustache," which also has been proposed as the origin of the word, but not explained, so the chief virtue of that theory is the lack of evidence against it....
1530s (in Latin form sycophanta), "informer, talebearer, slanderer" (a sense now obsolete), from French sycophante and directly from Latin sycophanta, from Greek sykophantēs "false accuser, slanderer," literally "one who shows the fig," from sykon "fig" (see fig (n.1)) + phainein...
"azure-stone, rich ultramarine silicate stone," early 15c., from Middle Latin lapis lazuli, literally "stone of azure," from Latin lapis "a stone" (see lapideous) + Medieval Latin lazuli, genitive of lazulum, from Arabic lazuward (see azure). ...