supparasitation

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See supparasite.

Noun[edit]

supparasitation (plural supparasitations)

  1. (obsolete) The act of flattering to gain favour; servile approbation.
    • c. 1625, Joseph Hall, The Fall of Pride (sermon)
      When a man basely subjects himself to serve the humours of the great, by gross supparasitation, by either unjust or unfit actions and offices […]
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