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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Toady

· Toad·y · IPA /ˈtoʊ.di/
01 n. A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant.
pl. Toadies ((#))
  1. 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. 2.
    A coarse, rustic woman.[R.]
02 v. t. To fawn upon with mean sycophancy.
imp. & p. p. Toadied; p. pr. & vb. n. Toadying
  1. 1.
    To fawn upon with mean sycophancy.