"Paddyism" meaning in All languages combined

See Paddyism on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Paddyisms [plural]
Etymology: From Paddy (“Irishman”) + -ism. Etymology templates: {{af|en|Paddy|-ism|t1=Irishman}} Paddy (“Irishman”) + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Paddyism (countable and uncountable, plural Paddyisms)
  1. (uncountable, colloquial, derogatory) The quality of being stereotypically Irish. Tags: colloquial, derogatory, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Paddyism-en-noun-IMBsWbbS
  2. (countable, colloquial) A Hibernianism. Tags: colloquial, countable Categories (place): Ireland
    Sense id: en-Paddyism-en-noun-XuNPFTe~ Disambiguation of Ireland: 38 62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 73

Inflected forms

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