toad

Signification

Noun

1. An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.
2. A contemptible or unpleasant person.
3. An ugly person.

Verb

To expel (a user) permanently from a MUD or similar system, so that their account is deleted.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/toʊd/

Étymologie

From Middle English tode, toode, tadde, tade, from Old English *tāde, a shortened variant of Old English tādie, tādiġe (“toad”).
Cognate with Scots tade, taid, taed, ted (“toad”). Compare also Danish tudse (“toad”), possibly originally from the same prehistoric root; also Swedish tåssa, tossa (“toad”), Old English tāxe (“toad”), Old English tosca (“toad”) by contrast.