Obs. [f. SYCOPHANT sb. + -RY.] = SYCOPHANCY.
1670. Owen, Refl. Libel, Wks. 1853, XVI. 272. He seems to design himself an example in the art of sycophantry.
a. 1677. Barrow, Serm. Matt. vii. 1, Wks. 1687, I. 280. Rather backbiting, whispering, supplanting, or sycophantry, than fair and lawfull judging.
1705. Hickeringill, Priest-cr., II. iii. 33. Princes … cajol’d … by Flattery and Sycophantry.
1728. Morgan, Algiers, I. Pref. p. ii. This is no Sycophantry, no Adulation.
