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granddaddy

noun

Etymology

From grand- + daddy.

  1. inherited from *dadde✻
  2. formed as daddy — “dad + -y”
  3. prefixed as granddaddy — “grand + daddy”

Definitions

  1. A grandfather.

  2. Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.

    • The nature of this gas enables it to absorb the majority of the sun's ultraviolet rays, thus saving the human race from the granddaddy of all sunburns.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA