caddish

comparative more caddish · superlative most caddish

1. Characteristic of a cad, discourteous, ungentlemanly, dishonorable.

   'I think it's absolutely—absolutely caddish of you to mention such things!'

   1934, George Orwell, chapter 17, in Burmese Days

   1 more example

   To introduce into philosophical discussions a sneer at a creed's antiquity is like introducing a sneer at a lady's age. It is caddish because it is irrelevant. The pure modernist is merely a snob; he cannot bear to be a month behind the fashion.

   1908, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, “The Case for the Ephemeral”, in All Things Considered