leccapiedi — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bootlicker noun Someone who flatters and obeys others in a servile way; a toady.
- servile adj Excessively willing to obey or please others; behaving like a slave.
- sycophant noun Someone who flatters a powerful person constantly in order to gain favour from them.
Senses
leccapiedi is used for these senses in English:
- bootlicker (derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady.
- brownnose (figurative) One who sucks up; a bootlicker, ass-kisser, sycophant.
- servile Slavish or submissive.
- sycophant One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
bootlicker — full definition
- noun Someone who flatters and obeys others in a servile way; a toady.
- noun (informal) Someone regarded as backing an authoritarian government or leader.
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