ridgy-didge
ridgy-didge · more ridgy-didge · most ridgy-didge
Genuine, authentic, trueGenuine, authentic, true; honest, upright.
Meaning
2 senses(Australia, colloquial)Genuine, authentic, true; honest, upright.
Are you ridgy-didge? - Do you really mean that? Are you telling the truth?
(Australia, colloquial)Good, fine.
2001, Bryce Courtenay, Four Fires, Volume 1, 2010, Large print edition, page 278, Sit them in the dam, wait for the fire to pass over, everything will be ridgy-didge.
Origin
Fanciful diminutive of obsolete ridge (“real; used in reference to gold”). Australian fromFanciful diminutive of obsolete ridge (“real; used in reference to gold”). Australian from 1953.
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Forms
more ridgy-didge, most ridgy-didge| Comparative | more ridgy-didge Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most ridgy-didge Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsgenuine:dinkumfair dinkumfor realdinky-die
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form