Parasitic: alternatives and connections

Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.

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Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

One who frequents the tables of the rich, or who lives at another's expense, and earns his welcome by flattery; a hanger-on; a toady; a sycophant.

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One who frequents the tables of the rich, or who lives at another's expense, and earns his welcome by flattery; a hanger-on; a toady; a sycophant.

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The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word; as, the b in "nimble" from AS. n/mol.

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One who frequents the tables of the rich, or who lives at another's expense, and earns his welcome by flattery; a hanger-on; a toady; a sycophant.

Open English WordNet records that this form pertains to the related lexical concept.

Inserted in the body of a word; as, an epenthetic letter or sound.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Of the nature of a parasite; fawning for food or favors; sycophantic.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.