caddish

English

Etymology

From cad +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ædɪʃ

Adjective

caddish (comparative more caddish, superlative most caddish)

1. 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^[1]:

     'I think it's absolutely—absolutely caddish of you to mention such things!'

Derived terms

• caddishly
• caddishness

 

Translations

characteristic of a cad

• Bulgarian: груб (bg) (grub), вулгарен (bg) (vulgaren)
• Georgian: უხეში (uxeši)
• Irish: dailtíneach

Anagrams

• chaddis