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Origin
- Latinadūlor
- Latinadūlātor
- Englishadulator
Borrowed from Latin adūlātor.
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Ancient Greek κόλαξ, θώψ
- κόλαξ (kólax)one who adulates
- θώψ (thṓps)one who adulates
Danish smigrer, spytslikker
- smigrerone who adulates
- spytslikkerone who adulates
Finnish mielistelijä, imartelija
- mielistelijäone who adulates
- imartelijaone who adulates
French adulateur, adulatrice
- adulateurone who adulates
- adulatriceone who adulates
German Schmeichler, Schmeichlerin
- Schmeichlerone who adulates
- Schmeichlerinone who adulates
Greek κόλακας, γαλίφης
- κόλακας (kólakas)one who adulates
- γαλίφης (galífis)one who adulates
- μαλαγάνας (malagánas)one who adulates
Hungarian talpnyaló
- talpnyalóone who adulates
Italian adulatore, adulatrice
- adulatoreone who adulates
- adulatriceone who adulates
Portuguese adulador, bajulador
- aduladorone who adulates
- bajuladorone who adulates
Romanian adulator, adulatoare
- adulatorone who adulates
- adulatoareone who adulates
Russian льстец, подхали́м
- льстец (lʹstec)one who adulates
- подхали́м (podxalím)one who adulates
- лизоблю́д (lizobljúd)one who adulates
- подли́за (podlíza)one who adulates
Spanish adulador, aduladora
- aduladorone who adulates
- aduladoraone who adulates
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APA
adulator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adulator
MLA
“adulator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adulator. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adulator,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adulator.
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