Flatterie basse ou excessive.
ETYM French adulation, from Latin adulatio, from adulari, adulatum, to flatter.
Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited.
Excessive flattery; abject worship.
ETYM Old Eng. flaterie, Old Fren. flaterie, French flaterie, from flater to flatter, French flatter; of uncertain origin. Related to Flatter.
Excessive or insincere praise.