flattery.
Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.
Meaning & usage
Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.
Don't you know that some of his contributions here are pure flattery?
An instance of excessive praise.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English flaterye, flaterie, from Old French flaterie, from the verb flater (“to flatter”). By surface analysis, flatter + -y (forming abstract nouns).
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