ˈladdish, a.
[f. lad n.1 + -ish1.]
Of or pertaining to a lad or lads; like a lad. Also ˈladdishness.
| 1841 S. Bamford Passages in Life of Radical I. xiv. 91 A young officer..very laddish, and with limbs long enough for windmill arms. 1886 Wesleyan-Methodist Mag. 63 Want of sympathy with..the ladishness of lads. 1907 Daily Chron. 24 Oct. 8/3 Missing the laddish laugh, the boisterous gaiety, which they had known aforetime. |