toad-eatern.

Brit.

/ˈtəʊdˌiːtə/, U.S.

/ˈtoʊdˌidər/

Forms: see toad n. and eater n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: toad n., eater n.

Etymology: < toad n. + eater n.

1. One who eats toads; originally the attendant of a charlatan, employed to eat or pretend to eat toads (held to be poisonous) to enable his master to exhibit his skill in expelling poison.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [noun] > performing spectators > assistant

toad-eater1629

1629 J. Rous Diary (1856) 45 I inquired of him if William Utting the toade-eater..did not once keepe at Laxfield; he tould me yes, and said he had seene him eate a toade, nay two.

a1704 T. Brown Satire upon Quack in Wks. (1720) I. 71 Be the most scorn'd Jack-Pudding in the Pack, And turn Toad-eater to some foreign Quack.

1761 S. Lennox Life & Lett. (1901) I. 53 Beckford, toad eater to the mountebank, as he has been not unaptly call'd.

a. figurative. A fawning flatterer, parasite, sycophant; = toady n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > servile person

clienta1393

snivelard1398

a dog for (also to) the bowc1405

fawnerc1440

snivellerc1450

slave1521

footstool1531

minion1560

footman1567

cringer1582

earthworm1583

yea-sayer1584

croucher1587

creeper1589

sneak-up1598

spaniel1598

sneak-cupa1616

servile1632

puppy dog1651

clientelary1655

lackey1692

groveling1708

prostite1721

prostitute1721

toad-eater1742

groveller1779

cringeling1798

creeping Jesusc1818

toady1826

truckler1827

crawler1847

flunkey1854

doormat1861

dog robber1863

heeler1875

slaveling1884

bootlicker1890

fetch-and-carry1905

poodle1907

yes-woman1927

ass-licker1939

ass-kisser1951

chamcha1966

fart-catcher1971

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer

papelard1340

placeboc1395

fawnerc1440

pickthank1460

adulator?a1475

earwigc1475

curry-favel1515

men-pleaser1526

gnatho1533

upcreeperc1540

claw-back1549

curry-favourer1563

man-pleaser1564

claw-poll1569

please-man1570

sycophant1575

curry-favour1577

capper1587

insinuator1598

clawera1603

scrape-shoe1607

suck-fist1611

courtiera1616

foot lickera1616

fleerera1627

wriggler1631

fawn1635

limberham1689

toad-eater1742

tuft-hunter1755

arse-kisser1766

sleeve-creeper1809

lick-spit1822

lickspittle1825

shoe-licker1826

toady1826

toad1831

toader1842

bootlicker1846

bootlick1849

favour-currier1855

lubricator1872

bum-sucker1877

handshaker1884

suck1900

mbongo1911

sucker-up1911

apple-polisher1918

snurge1933

ass-licker1939

brown-nose1939

brown-noser1942

arse-licker1951

ass-kisser1951

greaser1959

suck-hole1966

suck-up1970

bumboy1984

fly-

1742 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 7 July Lord Edgcumbe's [place]..is destined to Harry Vane, Pulteney's toad-eater.

1807 Salmagundi 2 June 209 Encouraged by the shouts and acclamations of..toad-eaters.

1859 G. T. Robertson & J. R. Green Oxf. during Last Cent. ii. i. 49/1 Shabbily-genteel toadeaters, ready at his call.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iii. xxv. 147 The toad-eater the least liable to nausea, must be expected to have his susceptibilities.

b. A humble friend or dependant; spec. a female companion or attendant. contemptuous. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1744 S. Fielding Adventures David Simple I. ii. vii. 212 David begged an Explanation of what she meant by a Toad-Eater... Cynthia replied,..It is a Metaphor taken from a Mountebank's Boy's eating Toads, in order to show his Master's Skill in expelling Poison. It is built on a Supposition..that People who are..in a State of Dependance, are forced to do the most nauseous things that can be thought on, to please and humour their Patrons.

1746 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 21 Aug. I am retired hither like an old summer dowager; only that I have no toad-eater to take the air with me.

1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little i. v. 43 Such Female Companions, or more properly Toad-eaters.

1808 E. Sleath Bristol Heiress I. 139 Her..Ladyship's confidential woman, or rather toad~eater, which is..the most fashionable phrase of the two.

1834 T. De Quincey Sketches Life & Manners in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 485/1 Me it was clear that she viewed in the light of a humble friend, or..a ‘toad-eater’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	toad-eater
释义	toad-eatern. Brit. /ˈtəʊdˌiːtə/, U.S. /ˈtoʊdˌidər/ Forms: see toad n. and eater n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: toad n., eater n. Etymology: < toad n. + eater n. 1. One who eats toads; originally the attendant of a charlatan, employed to eat or pretend to eat toads (held to be poisonous) to enable his master to exhibit his skill in expelling poison. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [noun] > performing spectators > assistant toad-eater1629 1629 J. Rous Diary (1856) 45 I inquired of him if William Utting the toade-eater..did not once keepe at Laxfield; he tould me yes, and said he had seene him eate a toade, nay two. a1704 T. Brown Satire upon Quack in Wks. (1720) I. 71 Be the most scorn'd Jack-Pudding in the Pack, And turn Toad-eater to some foreign Quack. 1761 S. Lennox Life & Lett. (1901) I. 53 Beckford, toad eater to the mountebank, as he has been not unaptly call'd. 2. a. figurative. A fawning flatterer, parasite, sycophant; = toady n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > servile person clienta1393 snivelard1398 a dog for (also to) the bowc1405 fawnerc1440 snivellerc1450 slave1521 footstool1531 minion1560 footman1567 cringer1582 earthworm1583 yea-sayer1584 croucher1587 creeper1589 sneak-up1598 spaniel1598 sneak-cupa1616 servile1632 puppy dog1651 clientelary1655 lackey1692 groveling1708 prostite1721 prostitute1721 toad-eater1742 groveller1779 cringeling1798 creeping Jesusc1818 toady1826 truckler1827 crawler1847 flunkey1854 doormat1861 dog robber1863 heeler1875 slaveling1884 bootlicker1890 fetch-and-carry1905 poodle1907 yes-woman1927 ass-licker1939 ass-kisser1951 chamcha1966 fart-catcher1971 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer papelard1340 placeboc1395 fawnerc1440 pickthank1460 adulator?a1475 earwigc1475 curry-favel1515 men-pleaser1526 gnatho1533 upcreeperc1540 claw-back1549 curry-favourer1563 man-pleaser1564 claw-poll1569 please-man1570 sycophant1575 curry-favour1577 capper1587 insinuator1598 clawera1603 scrape-shoe1607 suck-fist1611 courtiera1616 foot lickera1616 fleerera1627 wriggler1631 fawn1635 limberham1689 toad-eater1742 tuft-hunter1755 arse-kisser1766 sleeve-creeper1809 lick-spit1822 lickspittle1825 shoe-licker1826 toady1826 toad1831 toader1842 bootlicker1846 bootlick1849 favour-currier1855 lubricator1872 bum-sucker1877 handshaker1884 suck1900 mbongo1911 sucker-up1911 apple-polisher1918 snurge1933 ass-licker1939 brown-nose1939 brown-noser1942 arse-licker1951 ass-kisser1951 greaser1959 suck-hole1966 suck-up1970 bumboy1984 fly- 1742 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 7 July Lord Edgcumbe's [place]..is destined to Harry Vane, Pulteney's toad-eater. 1807 Salmagundi 2 June 209 Encouraged by the shouts and acclamations of..toad-eaters. 1859 G. T. Robertson & J. R. Green Oxf. during Last Cent. ii. i. 49/1 Shabbily-genteel toadeaters, ready at his call. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iii. xxv. 147 The toad-eater the least liable to nausea, must be expected to have his susceptibilities. b. A humble friend or dependant; spec. a female companion or attendant. contemptuous. Now rare. ΚΠ 1744 S. Fielding Adventures David Simple I. ii. vii. 212 David begged an Explanation of what she meant by a Toad-Eater... Cynthia replied,..It is a Metaphor taken from a Mountebank's Boy's eating Toads, in order to show his Master's Skill in expelling Poison. It is built on a Supposition..that People who are..in a State of Dependance, are forced to do the most nauseous things that can be thought on, to please and humour their Patrons. 1746 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 21 Aug. I am retired hither like an old summer dowager; only that I have no toad-eater to take the air with me. 1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little i. v. 43 Such Female Companions, or more properly Toad-eaters. 1808 E. Sleath Bristol Heiress I. 139 Her..Ladyship's confidential woman, or rather toad~eater, which is..the most fashionable phrase of the two. 1834 T. De Quincey Sketches Life & Manners in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 485/1 Me it was clear that she viewed in the light of a humble friend, or..a ‘toad-eater’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1629
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