traddy

English

Etymology

From trad +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹæ.di/
• (Southern American English) 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.