ˈcadgy, a. Sc. and north. dial.
Also cadgie, caidgie.
[Of uncertain origin. Cf. Suffolk kedge in same sense; also Da. kaad wanton, lascivious.]
1. Wanton, lustful: amorous.
| a 1724 [cf. cadgily]. 1733 Cock-laird in Chambers Songs Scotl. (1829) A cock-laird, fou cadgie, Wi' Jennie did meet. 1823 Lockhart Reg. Dalton vii. v. (1842) 435 He may weel be cadgy in the chaise wi' her. |
2. Cheerful, merry; glad.
| 1725 Ramsay Gentle Sheph. iv. ii. 1 Wow! but I'm cadgie, and my heart lowps light. 1811 Willan W. Riding Yorksh. Gloss. in Archæol. XVII. (E.D.S.) Cadgy, cheerful, merry. |