caddish

[ kad-ish ]

adjective

1. of or like a cad; dishonorable; ungentlemanly:

   caddish behavior.

Other Words From

• caddish·ly adverb
• caddish·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of caddish¹

First recorded in 1865–70; cad + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

This “ surprising option” (as the tone-deaf Times headline calls it) is often viewed as caddish.

From The Daily Beast

I told them it was caddish to insult a fallen foe, but they would go and stick up those beastly notices.'

From Project Gutenberg

But to assert it now, after he had done the unexpected, after the mountain had come to Mahomet, seemed caddish and ridiculous.

From Project Gutenberg

If there was anything like a code of interplanetary morals or manners one might call it absolutely caddish.

From Project Gutenberg

She was worth a million dollars to Tony: and the million dollars were worth a basely caddish act to Garth.

From Project Gutenberg

I am afraid, though its caddish to say it, that she did care a good deal about me, and that thats the root of it.

From Project Gutenberg