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English
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Malay padi (“paddy plant”). Doublet of palay.
Noun
[edit]paddy (countable and uncountable, plural paddies)
- Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested. [from 17th c.]
- 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:
- Taking out a handful of paddy the old woman exclaimed, “Look how good this paddy is! It is called Malbhog – it makes excellent puffed rice.”
- (countable) A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown. [from 20th c.]
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]rice unmilled
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wet land where rice grows
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Etymology 2
[edit]English dialect paddy (“worm-eaten”).
Adjective
[edit]paddy (comparative more paddy, superlative most paddy)
- (obsolete) Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.
- 1860, John Lothrop Motley, The United Netherlands:
- Even after the expiration of four months the condition of the paddy persons continued most destitute. The English soldiers became mere barefoot starving beggars in the streets […]
- 1995, Maureen Borland, D.S. MacColl: Painter, Poet, Art Critic, page 41:
- Becca wrote to Lizzie of her brother's incessant demands: Suthie came to me in a very paddy state and said 'Now ... you must bind a book for me.'
- 2015, Brian Keenan, An Evil Cradling, page 197:
- Now, now, we are getting very paddy today, aren't we John?
Etymology 3
[edit]Possibly from Paddy (“Irishman”).
Noun
[edit]paddy (plural paddies)
- A fit of temper; a tantrum.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tantrum
- throw a paddy etc.
- 2013, Mike Brown, Adventures with Czech George, page 17:
- I like the story of the Emperor Frederick who got into a paddy with his cook, and shouted: 'I am the Emperor, and I want dumplings.'
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) A white person.
- 2000, Requiem For a Dream, spoken by Big Tim (Keith David):
- You know what I like best about paddy chicks? They give good head. Black broads don’t know nothing about giving head. I don’t know why. Might be it has something to do with some ancient tribal custom.
- (colloquial, England) A labourer's assistant or workmate.
- A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.
Descendants
[edit]- Krio: pàdí
Etymology 4
[edit]Perhaps after the paddy bird, or egret. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]paddy (plural paddies)
See also
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English paddy, from Malay padi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]paddy m (plural paddys)
- paddy (rice)
Further reading
[edit]- “paddy”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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