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dadness

dadness noun: the state, quality, or condition of being a dad; the essence of dads and dadhood.

Noun

dadness (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The state, quality, or condition of being a dad; the essence of dads and dadhood.
    • He cut back on the dad jokes this evening because the kids and their friends were having a serious conversation and his usual level of dadness would have seemed out of place.
    • I'm doing a thing now about dadness—you know, when you reach dadness fully, no one in your family can hurt your feelings anymore, because you don't have feelings anymore.2015, Judd Apatow, Sick in the Head, page 189

Synonyms of dadness

Origin of dadness

From dad + -ness.

Questions about dadness

What does dadness mean?
Dadness means the state, quality, or condition of being a dad; the essence of dads and dadhood.
What part of speech is dadness?
Dadness is a noun.

Words near dadness in the dictionary

  1. dadlike
  2. dadliness
  3. Dadlington
  4. Dadlington and Sutton Cheney
  5. dadly
  6. dadness
  7. dadney
  8. dadny
  9. dado
  10. dado rail
  11. dado rails

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