Flattery (redirected from flatteries)

Flattery

Adams, Jack

toady to his employer. [Br. Lit.: Dombey and Son]

Amaziah

fawningly complains of Amos to King Jeroboam. [O.T.: Amos 7:10]

bolton

one who flatters by pretending humility. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 343]

Chanticleer

cajoled by fox into singing; thus captured. [Br. Lit.: Canterbury Tales, “Nun’s Priest’s Tale”]

Clumsy, Sir Tunbelly

toadies towards aristocracy. [Br. Lit.: The Relapse, Walsh Modern, 102]

Collins, Mr.

priggish, servile clergyman; toady to the great. [Br. Lit.: Pride and Prejudice]

Damocles

for his sycophancy to Dionysus, seated under sword at banquet. [Gk. Myth.: LLEI, I: 278]

Mutual Admiration Society

circle of mutual patters on the backs. [Br. Hist.: Wheeler, 254]

oreo

cookie; pejoratively refers to obsequious Black with white aspirations. [Am. Culture: Flexner, 49]

Ruach

island of people sustained by insincere praise. [Fr. Lit.: Pantagruel]

Tom, Uncle Stowe

character came to signify subservient Black. [Am. Lit.: Uncle Tom’s Cabin]

Wren, Jenny

wooed by Robin Redbreast with enticing presents. [Nurs. Rhyme: Mother Goose, 23]