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ditzy

/ˈdɪtsi/

ditzy adjective: silly or scatterbrained, usually of a young woman.

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Adjective

ditzy (comparative ditzier, superlative ditziest)

  1. (informal) Silly or scatterbrained, usually of a young woman.
    • What’s more, Friends offers someone for everyone: a tall, dorky, insecure guy (David Schwimmer); a ditzy, guitar-strumming blonde (Lisa Kudrow); a handsome, jean-clad palooka (Matt LeBlanc); a sarcastic, 9-to-5-ing funnyman ([Matthew] Perry); a dark-haired, blue-eyed Veronica (Courteney Cox); and a...1996 March 7, Rich Cohen, “Jennifer Aniston: The Girl Friend”, in Rolling Stone
    • The guy tossed some cash on the counter, then left with the ditzy girl and Abigail's fan.2011, Ellen Block, The Definition of Wind: A Novel, Bantam, →ISBN, page 31

Forms of ditzy

comparativeditzier
superlativeditziest
alternative formditsy

Origin of ditzy

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.

Words formed from ditzy

Words that rhyme with ditzy

Questions about ditzy

What does ditzy mean?
Ditzy means silly or scatterbrained, usually of a young woman.
What part of speech is ditzy?
Ditzy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce ditzy?
Ditzy is pronounced /ˈdɪtsi/ (UK).

Words near ditzy in the dictionary

  1. ditzes
  2. ditzier
  3. ditziest
  4. ditzily
  5. ditziness
  6. ditzy
  7. DIU
  8. diu lei
  9. diubiquitin
  10. diubiquitinated
  11. diubiquitins

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