supparasitation

English

Etymology

See supparasite.

Noun

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 […]