Толковый словарь английского языка - toady
Toady
toady
I. noun (plural toadies) Etymology: by shortening & alteration from toadeater Date: 1826 one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors ; sycophant , see: parasite II. intransitive verb (toadied; ~ing) Date: circa 1859 to behave as a ~ ; engage in sycophancy, see: fawn ~ism noun
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n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) a sycophant; an obsequious hanger-on. --v.tr. & (foll. by to) intr. (-ies, -ied) behave servilely to; fawn upon. Derivatives toadyish adj. toadyism n. Etymology: contr. of toad-eater, a charlatan's attendant who ate toads (regarded as poisonous) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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