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Definition paddy

Etymology 1

From Malay padi (“paddy plant”), from Proto-Malayic *padi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay.

Noun

paddy (plural paddies)

1. Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested. [from 17th c.]
2. A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown. [from 20th c.]

Etymology 2

English dialect paddy (“worm-eaten”).

Adjective

paddy (comparative more paddy, superlative most paddy)

1. (obsolete) Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.

Etymology 3

Possibly from Paddy (“Irishman”)

Noun

paddy (plural paddies)

1. A fit of temper; a tantrum
2. (African American Vernacular, slang) A white person.
3. (colloquial, England) A labourer's assistant or workmate.
4. A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.

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