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Definition of Toadyish

1. Adjective. Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery.

2. Adjective. Attempting to win favor by flattery.

Definition of Toadyish

1. characteristic of one that toadies [adj]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Toadyish

toadish toadless toadlike toadrush toads toadshade toadstone toadstone toadstones toadstool

toadstool toadstools toady toady toadying toadyish (current term) toadyism toadyisms toad frog toad lily

toad rush toad skin toast toast toasted toasted shins toaster toasters toaster oven toastie

Literary usage of Toadyish

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1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1874)
"Let everybody learn the air, or some air that will do, and when a timid hostess or a toadyish host is keeping a whole party waiting for an insolent and ..."

2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1885)
"Nature is always gracious— not to say toadyish — when the queen goes out ; she puts on her best face, but is persistently and impertinently contemptuous of ..."

3. Greek Art on Greek Soil by James Mason Hoppin (1897)
"The Greek, while he idolizes rich travelers, as he supposes all to be who visit Greece, especially Americans, is not toadyish, but preserves an erect and ..."

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