traddy

English

Etymology

From trad +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɹæ.di/
  • (Southern US) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɹæ.di/

Adjective

traddy (comparative traddier, superlative traddiest)

  1. (colloquial) Traditional, traditionalist.
    • 1998, Richard Cook, Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on Compact Disc‎[1], →ISBN, page 528:
      The arrangements are quite crisp and the reading of ‘Lush Life’, unexpectedly in among the traddier stuff, is quite powerful and much too brief.
    • 2003, English Dance and Song‎[2], volume 65, page 18:
      I was sometimes considered too modern for traddy clubs, and too traddy for the other kind.
    • 2021, Michael Brendan Dougherty, “Pope Francis Takes Aim at the Latin Mass—and His Own Faithful”, in Peter Kwasniewski, editor, From Benedict’s Peace to Francis’s War‎[3], →ISBN:
      It’s true that there are handfuls of crusty old “Traddy” Catholics like me, who do have reservations about the Second Vatican Council and the new liturgy.
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