caddishadj.
/ˈkadɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈkædɪʃ/ colloquial.
Of the nature of a cad; offensively ill-bred; the opposite of gentlemanly.
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > base or vile
low?c1225
lechera1300
vilea1300
feeblea1325
unfreec1330
villain1340
wrackc1375
villains1390
noughty1443
slovenly?1518
peasant1550
sluttish1561
vild1567
knaifatic1568
scallardc1575
base1576
tinkerly?1576
beggarly?1577
cullion-like1591
brokerly1592
broking1592
ignoble1592
cullionly1608
disnoble1609
unsolid1731
lowly1740
blackguard1751
blackguardly1779
menial1837
low-flung1841
caddish1868
basilar1884
bounding1904
bounderish1928
1868 Imperial Rev. 22 Feb. 180 We shall be understood when we say, that it is a still more caddish offence.
1881 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 129 186 A cad never seems more caddish than when he comes nearest to the most primeval simplicity of costume.
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ˈcaddishly adv.
ˈcaddishness n.
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > baseness or moral vileness
vilety?c1225
villainy?c1225
vilehead1340
caitiftya1400
vilitya1425
ignoblenessc1450
ignobility?a1475
vileness1526
baseness1537
dunghillry1581
base-mindedness1582
vildness1597
beggarya1616
lowness1652
villainya1719
caddishness1868
bounderishness1899
1868 London Rev. 15 Aug. 200/1 The cad takes his caddishness with him.
1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am xlv. 307 Innate caddishness which must come out somewhere.
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adj.1868