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noun
- 1. a person who behaves obsequiously to someone important; a toady. archaic
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noun. toad· eat· er ˈtōd-ˌē-tər. archaic. : toady. Word History. First Known Use. circa 1572, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler. The first known use of toadeater was circa 1572. See more words from the same year. Articles Related to toadeater. Suck-ups, Lickspittles, and Toadeaters:... Dictionary Entries Near toadeater. toadeater.
toad·eat·er. (tōd′ē′tər) n. A toady. [ Originally, a charlatan's helper who ate (or pretended to eat) poisonous toads so that his employer could display his prowess in expelling the poison .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Feb 1, 2023 · toad + eater, said to allude to an old alleged practice among mountebanks, who would hire a boy to eat (or pretend to eat) toads, which many had considered poisonous. The toadeater (or "toady") would pretend to writhe in pain, until the quack gave him some "medicine", and then try to impress upon the crowd that the boy was cured.
A toad eater, a led captain, an humble companion, are appellations which no man, who has a real sense of honour, would chuse to possess; but these are the best names bestowed upon men who spend their lives in courting the great by all arts, but those of virtue and truth.
A toad eater, a led captain, an humble companion, are appellations which no man, who has a real sense of honour, would chuse to possess; but these are the best names bestowed upon men who spend their lives in courting the great by all arts, but those of virtue and truth.
C17: originally a mountebank's assistant who would pretend to eat toads (believed to be poisonous), hence a servile flatterer, toady. toad bugto a degree. Toadeater definition: a toady.. See examples of TOADEATER used in a sentence.
Noun [ edit] toad - eater (plural toad-eaters) Alternative form of toadeater. Categories: English lemmas. English nouns. English countable nouns.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the noun toad-eater mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun toad-eater. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status.
noun. a rare word for toady (sense 1) Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C17: originally a mountebank's assistant who would pretend to eat toads (believed to be poisonous), hence a servile flatterer, toady. Word Frequency. toadeater in American English. (toʊdˌitər ) noun. toady.
A toad eater, a led captain, an humble companion, are appellations which no man, who has a real sense of honour, would chuse to possess; but these are the best names bestowed upon men who spend their lives in courting the great by all arts, but those of virtue and truth.
