toady

toad·y

T0243000 (tō′dē)n. pl. toad·ies A person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; a sycophant.tr. & intr.v. toad·ied, toad·y·ing, toad·ies To be a toady to or behave like a toady. See Synonyms at fawn¹.

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[From toad.]Word History: The first toadies were actually toad-eaters. The word toady has its origins in the practices of seventeenth-century quacks and charlatans who claimed that they could draw out poisons from poisoning victims. Toads were thought to be poisonous, and so these quacks would have an attendant eat—or pretend to eat—a toad. The quacks could then make a show of drawing out the poison and saving their helpers' lives. Since eating a toad is an unpleasant job, these attendants came to epitomize the type of person who would do anything for a superior, and toadeater became the name for a flattering, fawning parasite. In the eighteenth century, the noun toadeating meaning "sycophancy, flattery," appeared, and there was even a verb to toadeat, meaning "to flatter, fawn upon." For example, the correspondence of Caroline Fox, Lady Holland (1723-1774), contains the following comment in a letter to her sister, the Duchess of Leinster: She [a family member] has told Lord Holland all the privileges the old Duchess expects. He says you have them all already, you are so toad-eated. Later, in the nineteenth century, the word toady, "sycophant, flatterer," came into use, and it was apparently formed directly from the word toad rather than shortened from toadeater.

toady

(ˈtəʊdɪ) n, pl toadiesa person who flatters and ingratiates himself or herself in a servile way; sycophantvb, toadies, toadying or toadiedto fawn on and flatter (someone)[C19: shortened from toadeater] ˈtoadyish adj ˈtoadyism n

toad•y

(ˈtoʊ di)

n., pl. toad•ies, n. 1. an obsequious flatterer; sycophant. v.i. 2. to be a toady. [1820–30; toad (eater) + -y²] toad′y•ish, adj. toad′y•ism, n.

toady

Past participle: toadied
Gerund: toadying

Imperative
toady
toady

Present
I toady
you toady
he/she/it toadies
we toady
you toady
they toady

Preterite
I toadied
you toadied
he/she/it toadied
we toadied
you toadied
they toadied

Present Continuous
I am toadying
you are toadying
he/she/it is toadying
we are toadying
you are toadying
they are toadying

Present Perfect
I have toadied
you have toadied
he/she/it has toadied
we have toadied
you have toadied
they have toadied

Past Continuous
I was toadying
you were toadying
he/she/it was toadying
we were toadying
you were toadying
they were toadying

Past Perfect
I had toadied
you had toadied
he/she/it had toadied
we had toadied
you had toadied
they had toadied

Future
I will toady
you will toady
he/she/it will toady
we will toady
you will toady
they will toady

Future Perfect
I will have toadied
you will have toadied
he/she/it will have toadied
we will have toadied
you will have toadied
they will have toadied

Future Continuous
I will be toadying
you will be toadying
he/she/it will be toadying
we will be toadying
you will be toadying
they will be toadying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been toadying
you have been toadying
he/she/it has been toadying
we have been toadying
you have been toadying
they have been toadying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been toadying
you will have been toadying
he/she/it will have been toadying
we will have been toadying
you will have been toadying
they will have been toadying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been toadying
you had been toadying
he/she/it had been toadying
we had been toadying
you had been toadying
they had been toadying

Conditional
I would toady
you would toady
he/she/it would toady
we would toady
you would toady
they would toady

Past Conditional
I would have toadied
you would have toadied
he/she/it would have toadied
we would have toadied
you would have toadied
they would have toadied

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	toady - a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantageass-kisser, crawler, sycophant, lackeyapple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveler, groveller, truckler - someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respectadulator, flatterer - a person who uses flatterygoody-goody - a person who behaves extremely well in order to please a superior
Verb	1.	toady - try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"bootlick, kotow, kowtow, fawn, truckle, suck upblandish, flatter - praise somewhat dishonestlycourt favor, court favour, curry favor, curry favour - seek favor by fawning or flattery; "This employee is currying favor with his superordinates"

toady

noun1. sycophant, creep (slang), hanger-on, minion, flunkey, parasite, fawner, jackal, spaniel, lackey, crawler (slang), yes man, brown-noser (taboo slang), flatterer, truckler, lickspittle, ass-kisser (U.S. & Canad. taboo slang), apple polisher (U.S. slang), groveller, bootlicker (informal) Life was too short to become a toady to a megalomaniac.verb1. fawn on, flatter, grovel, creep, crawl, cringe, pander to, suck up to (informal), curry favour with, butter up, kiss someone's ass (U.S. & Canad. taboo slang), brown-nose (taboo slang), kowtow to, bow and scrape, lick someone's boots, kiss the feet of, lick someone's arse (taboo slang), be obsequious to They came backstage, cooing and toadying to him.
fawn on oppose, rebel, resist, confront, defy, withstand, stand against

toady

nounOne who flatters another excessively:adulator, courtier, flatterer, sycophant.Informal: apple-polisher.verbTo support slavishly every opinion or suggestion of a superior:bootlick, cringe, fawn, grovel, kowtow, slaver, truckle.Informal: apple-polish, brownnose, cotton.Slang: suck up.Idioms: curry favor, dance attendance, kiss someone's feet, lick someone's boots.

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