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TOADY
sycophant, toady, crawler, lackey, ass-kisser
(noun) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
(verb) try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; “He is always kowtowing to his boss”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
toady (plural toadies)
A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage or an obsequious lackey or minion
(archaic) A coarse, rustic woman.
Synonyms
• See also sycophant
Verb
toady (third-person singular simple present toadies, present participle toadying, simple past and past participle toadied)
(intransitive, construed with to) To behave like a toady (to someone).
Etymology 2
Adjective
toady (comparative more toady, superlative most toady)
toadlike
Anagrams
• to-day, today
Source: Wiktionary
Toad"y, n.; pl. Toadies. Etym: [Shortened from toadeater.]
1. A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant. Before I had been standing at the window five minutes, they somehow conveyed to me that they were all toadies and humbugs. Dickens.
2. A coarse, rustic woman. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
Toad"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toadied; p. pr. & vb. n. Toadying.]
Definition: To fawn upon with mean sycophancy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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