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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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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