Definition of Caddish

1. Adjective. Offensively discourteous.

Exact synonyms: Unchivalrous, Ungallant
Similar to: Discourteous

Definition of Caddish

1. a. Like a cad; lowbred and presuming.

Definition of Caddish

1. Adjective. Characteristic of a cad. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Caddish

1. resembling a cad [adj] - See also: cad

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caddish

caddice
caddice-fly
caddice fly
caddices
caddie
caddied
caddies
caddis
caddis-fly
caddis flies
caddis fly
caddised
caddises
caddisflies
caddisfly
caddish (current term)
caddishly
caddishness
caddishnesses
caddisworm
caddisworms
caddow
caddows
caddr
caddy
caddying
caddyss
caddysses
caddywompus
cade

Literary usage of Caddish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"But it seems so caddish—like snobs who can go out on no other day. ... Mr. Ayrton's is coarse and caddish, the Attorney-General's contemptuously courteous, ..."

2. The Bookman (1907)
"Robin Hood was a fine chap, an' so was Little-John, an' they used to set ambushes an' capture the sheriff of Nottingham an' all sorts of caddish barons, ..."

3. Representative British Dramas, Victorian and Modern by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"[That attempt failing, there is a tack left, and on this she really manages to work herself back to indignation] And a caddish thing to go speaking to you ..."

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