caddis

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈkædɪs/

Definition of caddis

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The larva of a caddis fly. They generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with debris.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The larva of a caddis fly. They generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with debris.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A rough woolen cloth; caddice.
  3. (countable, uncountable)A kind of worsted lace or ribbon.
    “Hee hath Ribbons of all the colours i’ th Rainebow; Points, more then all the Lawyers in Bohemia, can learnedly handle, though they come to him by th’ grosse: Inckles, Caddysses, Cambrickes, Lawnes:”

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Etymology

Unknown. See dialect forms caddew, caddy, cad-bait.

Hooks

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