Etymology

laddish

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Today it means: Like a stereotypical Jack the lad: boorish, reckless, inclined to binge drinking, etc. Full definition →

English lad ← Middle English ladde
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The story

  1. Middle Englishladde
  2. Englishlad
  3. English todayladdish

From lad + -ish.

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