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cadgy

cadgy adjective: cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking.

Adjective

cadgy (comparative more cadgy, superlative most cadgy)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) frolicsome; wanton

Forms of cadgy

comparativemore cadgy
superlativemost cadgy

Words formed from cadgy

Questions about cadgy

What does cadgy mean?
Cadgy means cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking.
What part of speech is cadgy?
Cadgy is an adjective.

Words near cadgy in the dictionary

  1. cadges
  2. cadgily
  3. cadgin
  4. cadginess
  5. cadging
  6. cadgy
  7. cadherin
  8. cadherins
  9. cadi
  10. Cadia
  11. cadicone

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