"caddish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more caddish [comparative], most caddish [superlative]
Rhymes: -ædɪʃ Etymology: From cad + -ish. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|cad|-ish}} cad + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} caddish (comparative more caddish, superlative most caddish)
  1. Characteristic of a cad, discourteous, ungentlemanly, dishonorable. Categories (topical): Personality Derived forms: caddishly, caddishness Translations (characteristic of a cad): груб (grub) (Bulgarian), вулгарен (vulgaren) (Bulgarian), უხეში (uxeši) (Georgian), dailtíneach (Irish)
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