“To be gnathonic is also to be somewhat ironic.”
Gnathonic adjective
na-thon-ik
gnathonically adverb
na-thon-ik-uh-lee
Definition: fawning or flattering
Example sentence:
“’Both your parties’ candidates are gnathonic toward big business,’ he said.”
John Worsley Simpson; Election Enhances Word Power of All Political Parties; National Post (Canada); Jul 3, 2004.
About the Word:
Gnatho was a sycophantic character in Eunuchus, a play by the Roman writer Terence. From the subject of Gnatho’s flattery, Thraso, comes the word, thrasonical, meaning boastful.