caddish

adjective

cad·​dish ˈka-dish How to pronounce caddish (audio)
Synonyms of caddishnext
: of, relating to, or being a cad
caddish behavior
her caddish husband
caddishly adverb
caddishness noun

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Gulager’s performance in The Killers convinced Peter Bogdanovich to cast him as Abilene, the caddish oil-field foreman who made love to Ellen Burstyn’s character and seduced Cybill Shepherd’s Jacy Farrow in a deserted pool hall, in The Last Picture Show (1971). — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Aug. 2022 The movie centers on an aspiring filmmaker played by Winona Ryder who is pursued by a responsible corporate striver (Ben Stiller, the film’s director) and a caddish poet who hates the right things (Ethan Hawke). — New York Times, 14 July 2022

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First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of caddish was in 1838

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