daddyish

adj

daddyish

adj

Etymology From daddy + -ish.

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:

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