caddish
adj/ˈkædɪʃ/
Etymology From cad + -ish.
1
Characteristic of a cad, discourteous, ungentlemanly, dishonorable.
- To introduce into philosophical discussions a sneer at a creed's antiquity is like introducing a sneer at a lady's age. It is caddish because it is irrelevant. The pure modernist is merely a snob; he cannot bear to be a month behind the fashion.1908, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, “The Case for the Ephemeral”, in All Things Considered:
- 'I think it's absolutely—absolutely caddish of you to mention such things!'1934, George Orwell, chapter 17, in Burmese Days:
- Derived terms
- caddishly, caddishness