toady
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di noun
1.
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
verb (used with object)
2.
to be the toady to.
verb (used without object)
3.
to be a toady.
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| —n , pl toadies | |
| 1. | a person who flatters and ingratiates himself or herself in a servile way; sycophant |
| —vb , toadies, toadies, toadying, toadied | |
| 2. | to fawn on and flatter (someone) |
| [C19: shortened from | |
| 'toadyish | |
| —adj | |
| 'toadyism | |
| —n | |
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Toady
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Word Origin & History
toady
"servile parasite," 1826, apparently shortened from toad-eater "fawning flatterer" (1742), originally referring to the assistant of a charlatan, who ate a toad (believed to be poisonous) to enable his master to display his skill in expelling the poison (1629). The verb is recorded from 1827.
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Example sentences
In any case, the conception of history as a toady to power is indecent.
Not only are teachers human, they are also able to smell a sycophantic toady a mile away.
And thank you, gentlemen, once again for being before us toady.
The loser was determined simply by the length and breadth of the toady splatter across his backside.
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