LACKEYED

Verb

lackeyed

simple past tense and past participle of lackey

Source: Wiktionary


LACKEY

Lack"ey, n.; pl. Lackeys. Etym: [F. laquais; cf. Sp. & Pg. lacayo; of uncertain origin; perh. of German origin, and akin to E.lick, v.]

Definition: An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower. Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey. Shak. Lackey caterpillar (Zoöl.), the caterpillar, or larva, of any bombycid moth of the genus Clisiocampa; -- so called from its party- colored markings. The common European species (C. neustria) is striped with blue, yellow, and red, with a white line on the back. The American species (C. Americana and C. sylvatica) are commonly called tent caterpillars. See Tent caterpillar,under Tent.

– Lackey moth (Zoöl.), the moth which produces the lackey caterpillar.

Lack"ey, v. t.

Definition: To attend as a lackey; to wait upon. A thousand liveried angels lackey her. Milton.

Lack"ey, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lackeyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Lackeying.]

Definition: To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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