adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Of motion, consisting of repeated jigs or jerks.

   "The jerky jiggity progress of her sapless joints was another effect of insensate activity[.]"

Example

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"The jerky jiggity progress of her sapless joints was another effect of insensate activity[.]"

Etymology

From jig + -ity.

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