Part 1058

Syc"o*phant (?), v. t. [CF. L. sycophantari to deceive, to trick, Gr. &?;.] 1. To inform against; hence, to calumniate. [Obs.]

Sycophanting and misnaming the work of his adversary.

Milton.

2. To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.

Syc"o*phant, v. i. To play the sycophant.

Syc"o*phant*cy (?), n. Sycophancy. [Obs.]

{ Syc`o*phan"tic (?), Syc`o*phan"tic*al (?), } a. [Cf. Gr. &?; slanderous.] Of or pertaining to a sycophant; characteristic of a sycophant; meanly or obsequiously flattering; courting favor by mean adulation; parasitic.

To be cheated and ruined by a sycophantical parasite.

South.

Sycophantic servants to the King of Spain.

De Quincey.

Syc"o*phant`ish (?), a. Like a sycophant; obsequiously flattering. -- Syc"o*phant`ish*ly, adv.

Sycophantish satirists that forever humor the prevailing folly.

De Quincey.

Syc"o*phant*ism (?), n. Sycophancy.

Syc"o*phant*ize (?), v. i. To play the sycophant.

Syc"o*phant*ry (?), n. Sycophancy. [Obs.]

||Sy*co"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; a fig.] (Med.) A ||pustular eruption upon the scalp, or the beared part of the face, ||whether due to ringworm, acne, or impetigo.

Syd"er*o*lite (?), n. A kind of Bohemian earthenware resembling the Wedgwood ware.

Sye (?), obs. imp. of See. Saw. Chaucer.

Sy"e*nite (?), n. [L. Syenites (sc. lapis), from Syene, Gr. &?;.] (Min.) (a) Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt, and now called granite. (b) A granular, crystalline, ingeous rock composed of orthoclase and hornblende, the latter often replaced or accompanied by pyroxene or mica. Syenite sometimes contains nephelite (elæolite) or leucite, and is then called nephelite (elæolite) syenite or leucite syenite.

Sy`e*nit"ic (?), a. [Written also sienitic.] 1. Relating to Syene; as, Syenitic inscriptions.

2. Relating to, or like, syenite; as, syenitic granite.

Syke (?), n. & v. See Sike. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Syk"er (?), a. & adv. See Sicker. [Obs.]

Syle (?), n. [See Sile a young herring.] (Zoöl.) A young herring (Clupea harengus). [Also written sile.]

But our folk call them syle, and nought but syle, And when they're grown, why then we call them herring.

J. Ingelow.