Etymology

adulation

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Today it means: Flattery; fulsome praise. Full definition →

French adulation ← Latin adulātio
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromadulātio“flattery”
  2. French · borrowed fromadulation
  3. English todayadulation

From French adulation, from Latin adulātio (“flattery”).

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