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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
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paddy

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pad=dy

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun paddy has 3 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

paddya. [Prov. E. paddy worm-eaten.].
     Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.  [1913 Webster]
paddyn. [Corrupted fr. St. Patrick, the tutelar saint of Ireland.].
     A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman; -- usually considered offensive.  [1913 Webster]
paddyn. [Either fr. Canarese bhatta or Malay pādī.].
     Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies.  [1913 Webster]
Paddy bird. (Zoöl.) See Java sparrow, under Java.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

paddy, n. (pl. -ies) colloq. often offens. an Irishman.

Etymology
pet-form of the Irish name Padraig (= Patrick)
paddy, n. (pl. -ies)
1 (in full paddy-field) a field where rice is grown.
2 rice before threshing or in the husk.

paddy, n. (pl. -ies) Brit. colloq. a rage; a fit of temper.

Etymology
PADDY

THESAURUS

paddy

bluebottle, bobby, bull, clearing, constable, copper, corn field, cultivated land, field, fit, fit of temper, flatfoot, gendarme, hayfield, officer, parcel of land, patch, peeler, piece of land, plat, plot, rage, rice paddy, tantrum, tract, wax, wheat field

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Pulverulence

N powderiness, pulverulence, sandiness, efflorescence, friability, powder, dust, sand, shingle, sawdust, grit, meal, bran, flour, farina, rice, paddy, spore, sporule, crumb, seed, grain, particle, limature, filings, debris, detritus, tailings, talus slope, scobs, magistery, fine powder, flocculi, smoke, cloud of dust, cloud of sand, cloud of smoke, puff of smoke, volume of smoke, sand storm, dust storm, pulverization, comminution, attenuation, granulation, disintegration, subaction, contusion, trituration, levigation, abrasion, detrition, multure, limitation, tripsis, filing, mill, arrastra, gristmill, grater, rasp, file, mortar and pestle, nutmeg grater, teeth, grinder, grindstone, kern, quern, koniology, powdery, pulverulent, granular, mealy, floury, farinaceous, branny, furfuraceous, flocculent, dusty, sandy, sabulous, psammous, arenose, arenarious, arenaceous, gritty, efflorescent, impalpable, lentiginous, lepidote, sabuline, sporaceous, sporous, pulverizable, friable, crumbly, shivery, pulverized, attrite, in pieces.

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