Category:Paddy

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

Defn: low; mean; boorish; vagabond. "such pady persons." Digges (1585). "the paddy persons." Motley.

Paddy Pad"dy, n.; pl. Paddies. Etym: [corrupted fr. St. Patrick, the Tutelar saint of ireland.]

Defn: a jocose or contemptuous name for an irishman.

Paddy Pad"dy, n. Etym: [either fr. Canarese bhatta or malay padi.] (bot.)

Defn: unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the east indies. Paddy Bird. (zoöl.) See java sparrow, under java.