fawning

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of fawn
   That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired. 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 2, in The Mirror and the Lamp

adj

1. Seeking favor by way of flattery; flattering, servile.

noun

1. Servile flattery.
   Xantippus found his ruin ere it reached him, Lurking behind your honours and rewards; Found it in your feigned courtesies and fawnings. 1818, Hannah More, The Inflexible Captive