Definition of Pady
Pad"dy (?), a. [Prov. E. paddy
worm-eaten.] Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. "Such
pady persons." Digges (1585). "The paddy
persons." Motley.
Pad"dy, n.; pl.
Paddies (#). [Corrupted fr. St. Patrick, the
tutelar saint of Ireland.] A jocose or contemptuous name for an
Irishman.
Pad"dy, n. [Either fr. Canarese
bhatta or Malay pādī.] (Bot.)
Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East
Indies.
Paddy bird. (Zoöl.) See Java
sparrow, under Java.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
PADDY. The general name for an Irishman: being the
abbreviation of Patrick, the name of the tutelar saint of that
island.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- Rice, before it is milled
- An irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown
Paddy- An Irish nickname for Patrick, originaly from Pádrig the irish language form off Patrick; sometimes used as offensive slang for an Irish person.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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