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toadyism

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Toad´y`ism
n.1.The practice of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy; servile adulation.

toadyism
a fawning flattery, obsequiousness, or sycophancy. — toady, n.toadyish, adj,
See also: Behavior


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Even in the School-house, by dint of his command of money, the constant supply of good things which he kept up, and his adroit toadyism, he had managed to make himself not only tolerated, but rather popular amongst his own contemporaries; although young Brooke scarcely spoke to him, and one or two others of the right sort showed their opinions of him whenever a chance offered.
 
 
 
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