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daddyish

daddyish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a father; paternal.

Adjective

daddyish (comparative more daddyish, superlative most daddyish)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a father; paternal.
    • Often the nice people are women, and the good fortune arrives in the form of protective, daddyish suitors who enjoy lavishing compliments and Champagne on the objects of their attention.2007 May 3, Janet Maslin, “When Love Goes Wrong, Put on the Chicken Suit”, in New York Times

Forms of daddyish

comparativemore daddyish
superlativemost daddyish

Origin of daddyish

From daddy + -ish.

Questions about daddyish

What does daddyish mean?
Daddyish means resembling or characteristic of a father; paternal.
What part of speech is daddyish?
Daddyish is an adjective.

Words near daddyish in the dictionary

  1. daddy-oh
  2. daddy-ohs
  3. daddy-os
  4. daddyhood
  5. daddying
  6. daddyish
  7. daddykins
  8. daddyless
  9. Dade
  10. Dade City
  11. Dade County

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