"caddish" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkædɪʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-caddish.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more caddish [comparative], most caddish [superlative]
Rhymes: -ædɪʃ Etymology: Etymology tree English cad Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English caddish From cad + -ish. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|cad|-ish|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English cad Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English caddish [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-iskaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-isk", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-isċ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ish", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ish", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "caddish", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="caddish"> From cad + -ish. Head templates: {{en-adj}} caddish (comparative more caddish, superlative most caddish)
  1. Characteristic of a cad, discourteous, ungentlemanly, dishonorable. Derived forms: caddishly, caddishness Translations (characteristic of a cad): груб (grub) (Bulgarian), вулгарен (vulgaren) (Bulgarian), უხეში (uxeši) (Georgian), dailtíneach (Irish)
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