Masculine

sicofante

Meaning

  1. (historical, masculine) one who informs the authorities of violations of the law
  2. (figuratively, masculine) informer, spy
  3. (figuratively, masculine) slanderer
  4. (masculine) swindler, fraudster, scammer
  5. (masculine) forest caterpillar hunter (the ground beetle Calosoma sycophanta)

Hyphenated as
si‧co‧fàn‧te
Pronounced as (IPA)
/si.koˈfan.te/
Etymology

From Latin sȳcophanta (“informer, trickster”), from Ancient Greek σῡκοφάντης (sūkophántēs).

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