PADDY

paddy

(noun) rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field

paddy, paddy field, rice paddy

(noun) an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown

Paddy, Mick, Mickey

(noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Proper noun

Paddy

An Irish nickname for Patrick.

Noun

Paddy (plural Paddies)

(slang, sometimes, offensive) An Irish person.

Etymology 1

Noun

paddy (plural paddies)

Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested. [from 17th c.]

A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown. [from 20th c.]

Etymology 2

Adjective

paddy (comparative more paddy, superlative most paddy)

(obsolete) Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.

Etymology 3

Noun

paddy (plural paddies)

A fit of temper; a tantrum

(African-American Vernacular, slang) A white person.

(colloquial, England) A labourer's assistant or workmate.

A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.

Synonyms

• See tantrum

Source: Wiktionary

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Pad"dy, a. Etym: [Prov. E. paddy worm-eaten.]

Definition: Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. "Such pady persons." Digges (1585). "The paddy persons." Motley.

Pad"dy, n.; pl. Paddies. Etym: [Corrupted fr. St. Patrick, the tutelar saint of Ireland.]

Definition: A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.

Pad"dy, n. Etym: [Either fr. Canarese bhatta or Malay padi.] (Bot.)

Definition: Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies. Paddy bird. (Zoöl.) See Java sparrow, under Java.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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