dadness

English

Etymology

From dad +‎ -ness.

Noun

dadness (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The state, quality, or condition of being a dad; the essence of dads and dadhood.
    Synonyms: dadhood, daddyhood, fatherhood, fathership, paternity
    Coordinate terms: momness, momhood, mommyhood, motherhood, mothership, maternity
    He cut back on the dad jokes this evening because the kids and their friends were having a serious conversation and his usual level of dadness would have seemed out of place.
    • 2015, Judd Apatow, Sick in the Head, page 189:
      I'm doing a thing now about dadness—you know, when you reach dadness fully, no one in your family can hurt your feelings anymore, because you don't have feelings anymore.

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