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caddism

caddism noun: caddish behaviour.

Noun

caddism (uncountable)

  1. caddish behaviour
    • A great deal of caddism is, however, perpetrated by those who profess to have the greatest horror of it—the upper classes—a fact which goes far to prove that it is impossible to fairly ascribe a distinctive feature to any grade of society.1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Origin of caddism

From cad + -ism.

Questions about caddism

What does caddism mean?
Caddism means caddish behaviour.
What part of speech is caddism?
Caddism is a noun.

Words near caddism in the dictionary

  1. caddisfly
  2. caddish
  3. caddishly
  4. caddishness
  5. caddishnesses
  6. caddism
  7. caddisworm
  8. caddisworms
  9. Caddo
  10. Caddo County
  11. Caddo Parish

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