Daddy
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daddy¹
- /ˈdædi/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ædi
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
English dad
Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-
Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English daddy
The noun is probably derived from dad (although this word is attested later) + -y (diminutive suffix).
The verb is derived from the noun.
noun daddies · daddie
- Also used as a term of address: a father; one's father. By saynt Mary, my lady, / Your mammy and your dady / Brought forth a godely babi!
- Often in the form the daddy of: the most important or influential man in a field or group; a doyen.
- Chiefly used as a term of address: a man who is not one's father, often but not necessarily older than oneself. Rock ’n’ roll is cool, daddy, and you know it!
- Often used as a term of address: a dominant male sexual partner. The guy I’ve been dating offered to do bondage with me, and I was like “Yes please, daddy.”
- An older masculine sexual partner, especially one who is more sexually dominant; specifically, one who prefers younger partners.
- A dominant partner in a homosexual relationship; especially one who provides protection to a more vulnerable inmate.
- A husband; also, a woman's (often older) male lover; (generally) a sexually attractive man; a hunk. She looked at me with that familiar desire / Her eyes lit up like they were on fire / She said, "My name's Flo, and you're on the right track, / But look here, daddy, I wear furs on my back, / So if you want to have fun in this man's land, / Let Lincoln and Jackson start shaking hands."
- Often in the form the daddy of: the most significant of a number of things; a perfect example. the daddy of them all
- A male juvenile delinquent in a reformatory, or a male prisoner in a prison, who dominates other inmates through threats and violence. Throughout Scum various people—prisoners and staff—claim to be ‘in charge’ of, or ‘running’ the borstal. Pongo Banks, the established ‘daddy’, senior officer (SO) Sands—‘I run a wing—right, Carlin?’, the house master, Mr Goodyear and indeed the Governor himself all claim to be in charge. However, wh
- A man who gives away the bride at a wedding, in the absence of her actual father.
- A man in charge of a casual ward (“the section of a workhouse where itinerants and tramps could be accommodated for one night”), generally an elderly pauper.
- An accomplice selected to win the prize in a fraudulent lottery or raffle.
- A stage manager. The stage manager is familiarly termed daddy; and an actor by profession, or a "professional," is called a pro.
verb daddies · daddying · daddied
- To father (a child); to beget, to sire. "Just supposin' Mister [a dog] has daddied a pup here and there," said old man Rivers. "What's wrong with that? Ain't your foxhounds han'some and hard-runnin'?"
daddy²
- /ˈdædi/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ædi
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
English dad
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English daddy
From dad + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’).
adjective daddier · daddiest
- Characteristic of or resembling a dad or father. […] Daddy looked at himself more these days, as if to catch himself fading away—though in Junior's eyes he was only growing Daddier.
Daddy³
proper noun
- One's father. Jenny's voice broke. “Daddy told me that she and Joey, my baby brother, were killed when I was two.”
