Flatterer, 1) one who flatters, a fawner, wheedler: Sonn. 112, 11. R2 II, 1, 100. R2 II, 1, 100 IV, 306. H6A II, 4, 31. Cor. I, 9, 43. III, 1, 45. Tim. I, 1, 58. Tim. I, 1, 58 I, 2, 83. III, 2, 72. IV, 3, 206 etc. Caes. II, 1, 206. III, 1, 193. IV, 3, 91. V, 1, 44. V, 1, 44 Lr. II, 2, 117. Per. I, 2, 60.
2) that which gratifies and deludes with hopes: “and fear to find mine eye too great a f. for my mind,” Tw. I, 5, 328. “if thine eye be not a f., come thou on my side,” R3 I, 4, 271. Quibbling: “I will put off hope and keep it no longer for my f.” Tp. III, 3, 8. cf. R2 II, 2, 69.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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