Ditzy

//ˈdɪtsi// adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Silly or scatterbrained, usually of a young woman. informal

    "The guy tossed some cash on the counter, then left with the ditzy girl and Abigail's fan."

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wifty

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"The guy tossed some cash on the counter, then left with the ditzy girl and Abigail's fan."

Etymology

Since early 1800s commonly used by Pennsylvania Dutch (Penslfawnisch Deitsch); possibly a borrowing from dialectal German dutzig, also dützig, ditzig (“numb, dazed, dizzy, as after having been punched; dull, stupid”), from dialectal dutzen (“to butt, hit, punch”). Compare German verdutzt (“dumbfounded”) and regional Dötsche (“bump, dent, bruise”). Unlikely, an alteration of dizzy, of American origin.

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