adulation

[ aj-uh-ley-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.

Origin of adulation

1
Middle English <Middle French <Latin adūlātiōn- (stem of adūlātiō) servile flattery, fawning, equivalent to adūlāt(us), past participle of adūlārī, -āre to fawn upon (of dogs), apparently a nominal derivative, with ad-ad-, of an otherwise unattested base + -iōn--ion

Other words from adulation

  • ad·u·la·to·ry [aj-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ˈædʒ ə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective
  • self-ad·u·la·tion, noun
  • self-ad·u·la·to·ry, adjective
  • un·ad·u·lat·ing, adjective
  • un·ad·u·la·to·ry, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for adulation

adulation

/ (ˌædjʊˈleɪʃən) /


noun
  1. obsequious flattery or praise; extreme admiration

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