daddyish

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English

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Etymology

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From daddy +‎ -ish.

Adjective

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daddyish (comparative more daddyish, superlative most daddyish)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a father; paternal.
    • 2007 May 3, Janet Maslin, “When Love Goes Wrong, Put on the Chicken Suit”, in New York Times[1]:
      Often the nice people are women, and the good fortune arrives in the form of protective, daddyish suitors who enjoy lavishing compliments and Champagne on the objects of their attention.