Paddy

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpædi/
• Rhymes: -ædi

From Malay padi ("paddy plant"), from Proto-Malayic *padi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay.

Full definition of paddy

Noun

1. Rice, before it is milled.
2. An irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.

English dialect paddy ("worm-eaten").

Adjective

1. (obsolete) Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.
• Digges (1585)
• John Lothrop MotleyEven after the expiration of four months the condition of the paddy persons continued most destitute. The English soldiers became mere barefoot starving beggars in the streets...