caddish
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈkædɪʃ/
adj
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.
- Characteristic of a cad, discourteous, ungentlemanly, dishonorable.
“To introduce into philosophical discussions a sneer at a creed's antiquity is like introducing a sneer at a lady's age. It is caddish because it is irrelevant. The pure modernist is merely a snob; he cannot bear to be a month behind the fashion.”
“'I think it's absolutely—absolutely caddish of you to mention such things!'”