Masculine
sicofante
Meaning
- (historical, masculine) one who informs the authorities of violations of the law
- (figuratively, masculine) informer, spy
- (figuratively, masculine) slanderer
- (masculine) swindler, fraudster, scammer
- (masculine) forest caterpillar hunter (the ground beetle Calosoma sycophanta)
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
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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