caddish
/ˈkædɪʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characteristic of a cad, discourteous, ungentlemanly, dishonorable.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "'I think it's absolutely—absolutely caddish of you to mention such things!'"
Etymology
Etymology tree English cad Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English caddish From cad + -ish.
Inflected Forms
more caddish (comparative)
most caddish (superlative)