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Definition of Caddish
1. Adjective. Offensively 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
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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