toadyn.

Brit.

/ˈtəʊdi/, U.S.

/ˈtoʊdi/

Forms: Also 1600s tody, 1800s toadey.

Etymology: < toad n., with diminutive or familiar suffix -y suffix⁶, as in slavey , etc.; in sense 2 perhaps noun use of toady adj.

†1. A little or young toad. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > toad > young or little

toadlingc1440

toadyc1700

toadlet1817

c1700 in J. Kirkton Secret & True Hist. Church Scotl. (1817) vi. 199 (note) Beastly bodies, senseless nodies, venemous todies.

2. A servile parasite; a sycophant, an interested flatterer; also, a humble dependant; = toad-eater 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-

1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. xvi. 236 You know what a Toadey is? That agreeable animal which you meet every day in civilized society.

1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. i. Notes 172 The umbra or shadow—who accompanied any invited guest—and who was..usually a poor relative, or a humble friend—in modern cant ‘a toady’.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xi. 88 When I come into the country..I leave my toady, Miss Briggs, at home. My brothers are my toadies here.

1883 W. J. Stillman in Cent. Mag. Oct. 827/1 A toady to the superior and a bully to the inferior grades.

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

toadyadj.

Brit.

/ˈtəʊdi/, U.S.

/ˈtoʊdi/

Etymology: < toad n. + -y suffix¹.

rare.

1. Resembling a toad; toad-like, repulsive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [adjective]

loatha700

eileOE

andsetec1000

wlatfulc1230

aloathedc1275

wlatsomea1300

unhonest13..

wlata1325

hideousc1330

abominable1340

hatefula1382

hatesomea1382

abominablec1384

odiousa1387

fulsomec1390

accursedc1400

hatousc1400

rankc1400

hateablec1425

odiblec1425

ugsomec1425

wretchedc1430

loathsomec1440

loathfula1450

noisomea1450

abhominal1477

detestable1477

loathy1481

loathing?a1513

oppugnanta1513

irksome1513

hateworthy1548

abhorful1565

ugged1570

detestine1575

ulcerous1577

opposite1578

scandalous1592

offensive1594

obscene1597

ulcered1602

dirtya1616

abhorrent1628

toady1628

envious1630

repugnant1633

nauseating1645

nauseous1646

obnoxious1646

detestful1654

reluctant1663

horrid1666

abnoxious1682

devilish1692

invidious1710

repellent1776

repellant1780

sickening1789

toadish1822

carrion1826

ugging1839

cussed1853

repugnant1879

jerky1944

vomitous1952

barfy1957

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xii. sig. I7^v Vice is of such a toady complexion, that shee cannot chuse but teach the soule to hate.

1719 in T. Gordon Cordial Low-spirits (1750) 159 Gaffer Pitchfork is murder'd too, with thick same toady Clap of Thunder.

2. Infested with toads.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [adjective] > infested with toads

toady1882

1882 ‘E. Lyall’ Donovan xxiv The very froggiest and toadiest path in the garden.

1901 G. Meredith Reading of Life 76 A toady cave beside an ague fen.

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

toadyv.

Brit.

/ˈtəʊdi/, U.S.

/ˈtoʊdi/

Etymology: < toady n.

1. transitive. To play the toady to; to flatter, or attend to with servility from interested motives.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour with [verb (transitive)]

flatter1340

to claw the back ofc1394

to pick a thank (also thanks)c1422

clawc1425

to claw by the sleeve1509

to claw by the backa1542

fawna1568

to make or pay (one's) court to1590

adulate1612

hug1622

sycophant1637

to make up to1701

to whip it in with1702

cultivate1706

incense1708

to wheedle in with1726

to grandfather up1747

slaver1794

toad1802

to play up to ——1809

nut1819

toady1827

bootlick1846

to suck up to1860

lickspittle1886

jolly1890

bum-suck1918

arse-lick1919

to cosy up to1937

brown-nose1948

ass-kiss1951

ass-lick1962

love-bomb1976

1827 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 406 If her friends would..leave off toadying her.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. ii. 47 Lots of us of all sorts toady you enough certainly.

1878 J. C. Collins Tourneur's Plays I. Introd. 28 That they might, in thus toadying the memory of a dead son, toady the patronage of a living parricide.

2. intransitive. To play the servile dependant; to pay deference from interested motives. Const. to.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > servility > be servile [verb (intransitive)]

fawnc1325

crouch1528

jouk1573

crawl1576

creep1581

spaniel1599

grovel1605

spanielize1641

cringec1660

to lick the ground1667

truckle1680

to kiss (a person's) arse, behind, bum1705

toad-eat1766

snool1786

to eat (any one's) toads1788

kowtow1826

sidle1828

toady1861

to knock head1876

ass-lick1937

fain?c1225

fawnc1325

to make placebo1340

fagea1382

curryc1400

to curry favela1420

to claw (a person's) toea1500

to curry favour?1518

to be at the school of placebo1554

to play (with) placebo1583

insinuatea1593

wriggle1601

lick1602

sycophantize1605

gnathonize1619

pickthank1621

supparasitate1623

ingratiate1647

slaver1730

toad-eat1766

slaum1787

to eat (any one's) toads1788

toad1802

bootlick1846

toady1861

to suck in1899

smoodge1906

smarm1911

arse-lick1928

bum-suck1930

to suck round1931

ass-lick1937

brown-nose1939

suck-hole1961

weasel1980

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. vii. 122 Let them toady and cringe to their precious idols.

1873 M. Collins Miranda III. 8 She..toadied to her superiors when she really came face to face with them.

1881 C. E. Turner in Macmillan's Mag. Aug. 309/2 We never..toadied for a good place at Moscow, or sneaked into a ministry at Petersburg.

1906 Times 29 Aug. 4/2 He was toadying round Williamson like a lackey out of work.

Derivatives

ˈtoadying n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

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

fawninga1350

submission?a1439

overlowness1496

servility1573

servilenessa1594

obsequency1595

obsequiousness1613

cringing1617

slavishnessa1620

vernility1623

servulating1637

suppleness1638

sneakinga1657

subserviency1669

fawningness1672

subservience1680

cringingness1695

truckling1820

obsequience1830

flunkeyism1831

servilism1831

spanielship1832

toadyism1840

flunkeydom1850

oleaginousness1853

vassalism1854

toadying1863

grovel1892

obsequity1892

crawlsomeness1900

serfishness1906

oleosity?1920

ass-kissing1936

the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adjective]

go-by-ground?a1300

thrall1398

abjectc1430

manly?c1430

servicious1440

serviceable1483

servile1537

tame1563

slavish1565

demiss1572

submissive1572

cringing1579

fawning1585

incrouching?1593

vassal1594

scraping1599

obsequious1602

spaniel1606

observing1609

deprostrate1610

supplea1616

vernile1623

shrugging1629

wormy1640

compliable1641

thrall-like1641

obeisant1642

inservient1646

truckling1656

cringeling1693

benecking1705

subservient1714

footman-like1776

bingeing1805

sidling1821

toadying1863

crawlsome1904

toadyish1909

crawling1941

ass-kissing1942

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

fawninga1350

adulationc1400

papelardya1425

papelardrya1500

captation1523

clawing1548

insinuation1553

curry-favour1581

man-pleasing1588

courting1607

men-pleasing1615

supparasitation1620

sycophantizing1640

assiduity1641

ingratiating1642

licking1648

man-pleasance1656

sycophancy1657

fawnery1661

sycophantrya1677

nutting1789

tuft-hunting1789

cultivation1793

huggery1804

ingratiation1815

sycophantism1821

lickspittling1839

toadyship1839

toadyism1840

bootlicking1849

toadying1863

arse-licking1912

lickspittle1914

apple-polishing1926

pot-licking1929

brown-nosing1934

ass-kissing1936

arse-kissing1937

ass-licking1946

sucking-up1946

bum-sucking1949

love bomb1975

love-bombing1976

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

fikingc1230

papelarda1500

gnathonical1540

clawing1574

pickthank1575

slavering1575

claw-back1577

courting1580

fawning1585

adulatory1587

insinuating1592

insinuative1592

scraping1599

adulatorious1612

men-pleasing1615

pickthanking1621

sycophantical1632

gnathonic1637

insinuanta1639

sycophantizing1640

ingratiating1642

led1672

sycophanting1674

sycophantly1680

sycophanta1684

sycophantica1698

pickthankly1702

assiduous1725

foot-licking1786

tuft-hunting1789

sycophantish1821

favour-currying1831

bootlicking1849

toadying1863

creepy-crawly1890

slauming1904

toadyish1909

ass-licking1940

ass-kissing1942

brown-nosing1946

arse-licking1950

sucky1991

1863 W. Phillips Speeches vi. 135 The toadying servility of the land.

1866 Cornhill Mag. Aug. 239 Needy toadying courtiers come to batten on the fatter south.

1897 H. Black Friendship iv. 82 They encouraged toadying.

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

n.c1700

adj.1628

v.1827

单词	toady
释义	toadyn. Brit. /ˈtəʊdi/, U.S. /ˈtoʊdi/ Forms: Also 1600s tody, 1800s toadey. Etymology: < toad n., with diminutive or familiar suffix -y suffix⁶, as in slavey , etc.; in sense 2 perhaps noun use of toady adj. †1. A little or young toad. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > toad > young or little toadlingc1440 toadyc1700 toadlet1817 c1700 in J. Kirkton Secret & True Hist. Church Scotl. (1817) vi. 199 (note) Beastly bodies, senseless nodies, venemous todies. 2. A servile parasite; a sycophant, an interested flatterer; also, a humble dependant; = toad-eater 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- 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. xvi. 236 You know what a Toadey is? That agreeable animal which you meet every day in civilized society. 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. i. Notes 172 The umbra or shadow—who accompanied any invited guest—and who was..usually a poor relative, or a humble friend—in modern cant ‘a toady’. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xi. 88 When I come into the country..I leave my toady, Miss Briggs, at home. My brothers are my toadies here. 1883 W. J. Stillman in Cent. Mag. Oct. 827/1 A toady to the superior and a bully to the inferior grades. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). toadyadj. Brit. /ˈtəʊdi/, U.S. /ˈtoʊdi/ Etymology: < toad n. + -y suffix¹. rare. 1. Resembling a toad; toad-like, repulsive. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [adjective] loatha700 eileOE andsetec1000 wlatfulc1230 aloathedc1275 wlatsomea1300 unhonest13.. wlata1325 hideousc1330 abominable1340 hatefula1382 hatesomea1382 abominablec1384 odiousa1387 fulsomec1390 accursedc1400 hatousc1400 rankc1400 hateablec1425 odiblec1425 ugsomec1425 wretchedc1430 loathsomec1440 loathfula1450 noisomea1450 abhominal1477 detestable1477 loathy1481 loathing?a1513 oppugnanta1513 irksome1513 hateworthy1548 abhorful1565 ugged1570 detestine1575 ulcerous1577 opposite1578 scandalous1592 offensive1594 obscene1597 ulcered1602 dirtya1616 abhorrent1628 toady1628 envious1630 repugnant1633 nauseating1645 nauseous1646 obnoxious1646 detestful1654 reluctant1663 horrid1666 abnoxious1682 devilish1692 invidious1710 repellent1776 repellant1780 sickening1789 toadish1822 carrion1826 ugging1839 cussed1853 repugnant1879 jerky1944 vomitous1952 barfy1957 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xii. sig. I7^v Vice is of such a toady complexion, that shee cannot chuse but teach the soule to hate. 1719 in T. Gordon Cordial Low-spirits (1750) 159 Gaffer Pitchfork is murder'd too, with thick same toady Clap of Thunder. 2. Infested with toads. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [adjective] > infested with toads toady1882 1882 ‘E. Lyall’ Donovan xxiv The very froggiest and toadiest path in the garden. 1901 G. Meredith Reading of Life 76 A toady cave beside an ague fen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). toadyv. Brit. /ˈtəʊdi/, U.S. /ˈtoʊdi/ Etymology: < toady n. 1. transitive. To play the toady to; to flatter, or attend to with servility from interested motives. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour with [verb (transitive)] flatter1340 to claw the back ofc1394 to pick a thank (also thanks)c1422 clawc1425 to claw by the sleeve1509 to claw by the backa1542 fawna1568 to make or pay (one's) court to1590 adulate1612 hug1622 sycophant1637 to make up to1701 to whip it in with1702 cultivate1706 incense1708 to wheedle in with1726 to grandfather up1747 slaver1794 toad1802 to play up to ——1809 nut1819 toady1827 bootlick1846 to suck up to1860 lickspittle1886 jolly1890 bum-suck1918 arse-lick1919 to cosy up to1937 brown-nose1948 ass-kiss1951 ass-lick1962 love-bomb1976 1827 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 406 If her friends would..leave off toadying her. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. ii. 47 Lots of us of all sorts toady you enough certainly. 1878 J. C. Collins Tourneur's Plays I. Introd. 28 That they might, in thus toadying the memory of a dead son, toady the patronage of a living parricide. 2. intransitive. To play the servile dependant; to pay deference from interested motives. Const. to. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > be servile [verb (intransitive)] fawnc1325 crouch1528 jouk1573 crawl1576 creep1581 spaniel1599 grovel1605 spanielize1641 cringec1660 to lick the ground1667 truckle1680 to kiss (a person's) arse, behind, bum1705 toad-eat1766 snool1786 to eat (any one's) toads1788 kowtow1826 sidle1828 toady1861 to knock head1876 ass-lick1937 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour [verb (intransitive)] fain?c1225 fawnc1325 to make placebo1340 fagea1382 curryc1400 to curry favela1420 to claw (a person's) toea1500 to curry favour?1518 to be at the school of placebo1554 to play (with) placebo1583 insinuatea1593 wriggle1601 lick1602 sycophantize1605 gnathonize1619 pickthank1621 supparasitate1623 ingratiate1647 slaver1730 toad-eat1766 slaum1787 to eat (any one's) toads1788 toad1802 bootlick1846 toady1861 to suck in1899 smoodge1906 smarm1911 arse-lick1928 bum-suck1930 to suck round1931 ass-lick1937 brown-nose1939 suck-hole1961 weasel1980 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. vii. 122 Let them toady and cringe to their precious idols. 1873 M. Collins Miranda III. 8 She..toadied to her superiors when she really came face to face with them. 1881 C. E. Turner in Macmillan's Mag. Aug. 309/2 We never..toadied for a good place at Moscow, or sneaked into a ministry at Petersburg. 1906 Times 29 Aug. 4/2 He was toadying round Williamson like a lackey out of work. Derivatives ˈtoadying n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] fawninga1350 submission?a1439 overlowness1496 servility1573 servilenessa1594 obsequency1595 obsequiousness1613 cringing1617 slavishnessa1620 vernility1623 servulating1637 suppleness1638 sneakinga1657 subserviency1669 fawningness1672 subservience1680 cringingness1695 truckling1820 obsequience1830 flunkeyism1831 servilism1831 spanielship1832 toadyism1840 flunkeydom1850 oleaginousness1853 vassalism1854 toadying1863 grovel1892 obsequity1892 crawlsomeness1900 serfishness1906 oleosity?1920 ass-kissing1936 the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adjective] go-by-ground?a1300 thrall1398 abjectc1430 manly?c1430 servicious1440 serviceable1483 servile1537 tame1563 slavish1565 demiss1572 submissive1572 cringing1579 fawning1585 incrouching?1593 vassal1594 scraping1599 obsequious1602 spaniel1606 observing1609 deprostrate1610 supplea1616 vernile1623 shrugging1629 wormy1640 compliable1641 thrall-like1641 obeisant1642 inservient1646 truckling1656 cringeling1693 benecking1705 subservient1714 footman-like1776 bingeing1805 sidling1821 toadying1863 crawlsome1904 toadyish1909 crawling1941 ass-kissing1942 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] fawninga1350 adulationc1400 papelardya1425 papelardrya1500 captation1523 clawing1548 insinuation1553 curry-favour1581 man-pleasing1588 courting1607 men-pleasing1615 supparasitation1620 sycophantizing1640 assiduity1641 ingratiating1642 licking1648 man-pleasance1656 sycophancy1657 fawnery1661 sycophantrya1677 nutting1789 tuft-hunting1789 cultivation1793 huggery1804 ingratiation1815 sycophantism1821 lickspittling1839 toadyship1839 toadyism1840 bootlicking1849 toadying1863 arse-licking1912 lickspittle1914 apple-polishing1926 pot-licking1929 brown-nosing1934 ass-kissing1936 arse-kissing1937 ass-licking1946 sucking-up1946 bum-sucking1949 love bomb1975 love-bombing1976 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adjective] fikingc1230 papelarda1500 gnathonical1540 clawing1574 pickthank1575 slavering1575 claw-back1577 courting1580 fawning1585 adulatory1587 insinuating1592 insinuative1592 scraping1599 adulatorious1612 men-pleasing1615 pickthanking1621 sycophantical1632 gnathonic1637 insinuanta1639 sycophantizing1640 ingratiating1642 led1672 sycophanting1674 sycophantly1680 sycophanta1684 sycophantica1698 pickthankly1702 assiduous1725 foot-licking1786 tuft-hunting1789 sycophantish1821 favour-currying1831 bootlicking1849 toadying1863 creepy-crawly1890 slauming1904 toadyish1909 ass-licking1940 ass-kissing1942 brown-nosing1946 arse-licking1950 sucky1991 1863 W. Phillips Speeches vi. 135 The toadying servility of the land. 1866 Cornhill Mag. Aug. 239 Needy toadying courtiers come to batten on the fatter south. 1897 H. Black Friendship iv. 82 They encouraged toadying. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1700adj.1628v.1827
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