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  • 91lickspittle — noun Date: 1825 a fawning subordinate ; toady …

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  • 92obsequious — adjective Etymology: Middle English, compliant, from Latin obsequiosus, from obsequium compliance, from obsequi to comply, from ob toward + sequi to follow more at ob , sue Date: 15th century marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness… …

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  • 93parasite — noun Etymology: Middle French, from Latin parasitus, from Greek parasitos, from para + sitos grain, food Date: 1539 1. a person who exploits the hospitality of the rich and earns welcome by flattery 2. an organism living in, with, or on another… …

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  • 94spaniel — noun Etymology: Middle English spaynel, spaniell, from Anglo French espainnel, alteration of espaignol Spaniard, from Vulgar Latin *Hispaniolus, from Latin Hispania Spain Date: 14th century 1. a member of any of several breeds of small or medium… …

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  • 95suck-up — noun Date: 1976 a person who is ingratiating or fawning < a suck up to the teacher > …

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  • 96sycophantic — adjective Date: 1676 of, relating to, or characteristic of a sycophant ; fawning, obsequious < sycophantic compliments > • sycophantically adverb …

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  • 97fawn — I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English faunen, from Old English fagnian to rejoice, from fægen, fagan glad more at fain Date: 13th century 1. to show affection used especially of a dog 2. to court favor by a cringing or flattering manner&#8230; …

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  • 98Cicero — For other uses, see Cicero (disambiguation). Marcus Tullius Cicero Marcus Cicero Born January 3, 106 BC Arpinum, Italy, Roman Republic Died December 7, 43 BC …

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  • 99Hamlet — This article is about the Shakespeare play. For other uses, see Hamlet (disambiguation). The American actor Edwin Booth as Hamlet, ca.&#160;1870 The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William&#8230; …

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  • 100Joseph Stalin — Stalin redirects here. For other uses, see Stalin (disambiguation). Joseph Stalin Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин Georgian: იოსებ ბესარიონის ძე სტალინი …

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