Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

footlicking

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: footlick-ing
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

sycophantic behavior

Uncountable

noun

The act of licking someone's feet.

Uncountable

adj

Example Sentences

"Perhaps, in some variation of Joe Buck's gay hustler in John Schlesinger's 1969 classic Midnight Cowboy, Anna was being sucked into the footlicking scene for want of making the big time, getting in a good group show, or being able to ..."
"I think it was William the Conqueror, whose portly belly led the fashion among the foot-licking nobles of his court; and in compliment to his majesty they all appeared with ventrical protuberances."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does footlicking mean?: sycophantic behavior

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