toadeater

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fawning, obsequious parasite; a low sycophant or flatterer. archaic,derogatory
    — 1819, J. Wilson, Complete Dictionary of Astrology "Horary Questions", Of Theft. a chaplain, tutor, toadeater, or some superior servant

词形变化

toadeaters plural toad-eater alternative toad eater alternative

词源

From 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 pretended that the boy was cured. Compare toady.
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