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 Cf. Old Fren. blandissement.
1. Flattery intended to persuade; SYN. cajolery, palaver.
2. The act of urging by means of teasing or flattery; SYN. wheedling.

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.

ETYM Prov. Eng. taffy toffy.
Chewy candy of sugar or syrup boiled until thick and pulled until glossy.