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gladdie

/ɡlædi/

noun

A gladiolus (flowering plant).

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Meanings

noungladdie (plural gladdies)

plural gladdies

AustraliainformalA gladiolus (flowering plant).
In the 1950s, when the popularity of the gladdie was at an all-time low and there were real fears among the horticultural community […]
2016, Dame Edna Everage, Ednapedia: A History of Australia in a Hundred Objects

Origin

From glad(iolus) + -ie.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with gladdie

daddy caddy addy Maddy caddie laddie baddie desk caddy haddie haddy pladdy saddie zaddy

Anagrams

adelgid Gaddiel

Cite this entry

APA

gladdie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gladdie

MLA

“gladdie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gladdie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gladdie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gladdie.

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