dippy
/ˈdɪpi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "If a person were to wash only one side of his face and continually neglect the other side, he would soon become a local curiosity–would be considered dippy."
- "“He’s dippy,” she informed him. “Absolutely mad. He’ll wreck your ship for you.”"
- "2001, Peter Bradshaw, Review of Legally Blonde, The Guardian, 26 October, 2001, This so-so comedy has Witherspoon as the dippy-yet-smart sorority girl whose ambitious Wasp boyfriend dumps her because she’s a natural blonde, and he’s looking to marry “Jackie not Marilyn”; so she gets a place in his class at Harvard law school to win him back."
- "“I’ve read in the papers that ye’re dippy about secon’-hand stuff,” she teased, referring to his mania for antiques […]"
- "‘[…] If you’re dippy about a girl, and another fellow has grabbed her, it can’t be pleasant to sit at a writing table, probably with a rotten pen, sweating away while the other fellow dictates “My own comma precious darling period I worship you comma I adore you period How I wish comma my dearest comma that I could press you to my bosom and cover your lovely face with burning kisses exclamation mark”. […]’"
- "The flat was his domain until ten a.m., he informed her brusquely. He liked reading the paper and partaking of a dippy egg in solitude."
Etymology
From dip + -y.