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Definition of Toady
1. Verb. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering. "Sam and Sue toady"; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"
Generic synonyms: Blandish, Flatter
Specialized synonyms: Court Favor, Court Favour, Curry Favor, Curry Favour
Derivative terms: Bootlicker, Fawner, Kotow, Kowtow, Truckler, Truckling
2. Noun. A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage.
Specialized synonyms: Apple Polisher, Bootlicker, Fawner, Groveler, Groveller, Truckler, Goody-goody
Generic synonyms: Adulator, Flatterer
Derivative terms: Crawl, Sycophancy, Sycophantic, Sycophantic
Definition of Toady
1. n. A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant.
2. v. t. To fawn upon with mean sycophancy.
Definition of Toady
1. Noun. A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive construed with '''to''') To behave like a toady (to someone). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Toady
1. to engage in servile flattering [v TOADIED, TOADYING, TOADIES]
Medical Definition of Toady
1. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toady
Literary usage of Toady
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Social Silhouettes by George William Erskine Russell (1906)
"CHAPTER XLIII THE toady THIS familiar but unpleasing type evolves itself by a
natural process from the Professional Philanthropist. ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"Not backward at all at tira President's call, Nor yet with the air of a toady,
The gay little State, not a moment too late, Seut soldiers to answer for ..."
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