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Added 10 October 2026

paddy

/ˈpædi/ noun

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Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.

adjective

Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.

noun

A fit of temper; a tantrum.
throw a paddy etc.
A white person.
A labourer's assistant or workmate.

noun

A snowy sheathbill.

Origin

Borrowed from Malay padi (“paddy plant”). Doublet of palay.

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