flatour
Middle English
Etymology
Old French flatour, variant of flateour, from the verb flater (“to flatter”).
Noun
flatour (plural flatours)
- flatterer
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 4515-4516:
- Allas! ye lordes, many a fals flatour / Is in your courtes, and many a losengeour, [...]
- Alas! you lords, many a false flatterer / Is in your courts, and many a sycophant, [...]
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 4515-4516:
References
- “flatour”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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