toadying

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.

[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.

toadying

(ˈtəʊdɪɪŋ) ;

toadyism

nthe act of fawning on and flattering someoneadjfawning and flattering

Translations

单词	toadying
释义	toadying 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. [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. toadying (ˈtəʊdɪɪŋ) ; toadyism nthe act of fawning on and flattering someoneadjfawning and flattering Translations IdiomsSeetoady
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