Paddy definition
Rice, especially in the husk, whether gathered or still in the field.
noun
Rice in general.
noun
A specially irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.
noun
Rice in the husk, growing or gathered.
noun
A rice field.
noun
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Used as a disparaging term for a person, especially a man, of Irish birth or ancestry.
noun
John Lothrop Motley.
Even after the expiration of four months the condition of the paddy persons continued most destitute. The English soldiers became mere barefoot starving beggars in the streets [...]
adjective
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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(slang) An Irish person (sometimes offensive).
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
paddy
Plural:
paddiesOrigin of paddy
- Nickname for Irish Gaelic Pádraig Patrick
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Malay padi
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Malay padi (“paddy plant"), from Proto-Malayic *padi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay.
From Wiktionary
- English dialect paddy (“worm-eaten").
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