caddish
English
Etymology
From cad + -ish.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ædɪʃ
Adjective
caddish (comparative more caddish, superlative most caddish)
- Characteristic of a cad, discourteous, ungentlemanly, dishonorable.
- 1908, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, “The Case for the Ephemeral”, in All Things Considered:
- To introduce into philosophical discussions a sneer at a creed's antiquity is like introducing a sneer at a lady's age. It is caddish because it is irrelevant. The pure modernist is merely a snob; he cannot bear to be a month behind the fashion.
- 1934, George Orwell, chapter 17, in Burmese Days:
- 'I think it's absolutely—absolutely caddish of you to mention such things!'
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Translations
characteristic of a cad
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Anagrams
- chaddis