Flattersome

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Marked by flattery; characteristically flattering

    "Kind friends, it would be pretending of me not to let on that I know I am the party referred to by the last speaker — in far too flattersome words."

Example

More examples

"Kind friends, it would be pretending of me not to let on that I know I am the party referred to by the last speaker — in far too flattersome words."

Etymology

From flatter + -some.

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