paddy
noun/ˈpædi/
/ˈpædi/
(plural paddies)
- (also paddy field)a field in which rice is grown
- a rice paddy
- [usually singular] (British English, informal) a state of being angry or in a bad mood synonym temper
- The news put him in a bit of a paddy.
Word Originsense 1 early 17th cent.: from Malay pādī.sense 2 late 19th cent.: from Paddy, associated with obsolete paddywhack ‘Irishman (given to brawling)’.
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