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faddy
English
Etymology
fad +? -y
Adjective
faddy (comparative faddier, superlative faddiest)
- Having characteristics of a fad.
- fussy, having particular tastes or whims
- He's a faddy eater.
Synonyms
- faddish
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paddy
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pædi/
- Rhymes: -ædi
Etymology 1
From Malay padi (“paddy plant”).
Noun
paddy (plural paddies)
- Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested. [from 17th c.]
- 2011, Deepika Phukan, translating Arupa Patangia Kalita, The Story of Felanee:
- Taking out a handful of paddy the old woman exclaimed, “Look how good this paddy is! It is called Malbhog – it makes excellent puffed rice.”
- 2011, Deepika Phukan, translating Arupa Patangia Kalita, The Story of Felanee:
- A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown. [from 20th c.]
Translations
See also
- paddy paw
Etymology 2
English dialect paddy (“worm-eaten”).
Adjective
paddy (comparative more paddy, superlative most paddy)
- (obsolete) Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Digges to this entry?)
- 1860, John Lothrop Motley, The United Netherlands
- Even after the expiration of four months the condition of the paddy persons continued most destitute. The English soldiers became mere barefoot starving beggars in the streets […]
Etymology 3
Possibly from Paddy (“Irishman”)
Noun
paddy (plural paddies)
- A fit of temper; a tantrum
- throw a paddy etc.
- 2013, Mike Brown, Adventures with Czech George (page 17)
- I like the story of the Emperor Frederick who got into a paddy with his cook, and shouted: 'I am the Emperor, and I want dumplings.'
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) A white person.
- (colloquial, England) A labourer's assistant or workmate.
- A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:tantrum
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