adulation
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
adulation /adjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
▶noun excessive admiration.
– derivatives
adulate verb,
adulator noun,
adulatory adjective.
adulate verb,
adulator noun,
adulatory adjective.
– origin ME: from L. adulatio(n)-, from adulat-, adulari ‘fawn on’.
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