caddish

[kad-ish]

adjective

of or like a cad; dishonorable; ungentlemanly: caddish behavior.

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Origin of caddish

First recorded in 1865–70; cad + -ish¹

Related formscad·dish·ly, adverbcad·dish·ness, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for caddish

Contemporary Examples of caddish

This “ surprising option” (as the tone-deaf Times headline calls it) is often viewed as caddish.
The New Unsafe Sex
Tracy Quan
July 28, 2009

Historical Examples of caddish

"I suppose it is caddish to talk of her like this," he went on.
Changing Winds
St. John G. Ervine
It was caddish of him to speak of Gilbert to her, for Gilbert was his friend and her lover.
Changing Winds
St. John G. Ervine
I know it was a caddish thing to do, especially when you had been so kind.
Tom, Dick and Harry
Talbot Baines Reed
It was caddish to think of marrying her, and monstrous to think of giving her up.
A Soldier of the Legion
C. N. Williamson
To his surprise, the Boche shook his fist at him in the most blustering and caddish way.
High Adventure
James Norman Hall