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hippy-dippy

hippy-dippy adjective: suggesting or characterized by hippie attitudes.

Adjective

hippy-dippy (comparative more hippy-dippy, superlative most hippy-dippy)

  1. (derogatory, informal) Suggesting or characterized by hippie attitudes.
    • Garner, a magazine photographer named Grif, finds that he can not communicate with his hippie dippy son.1968 September 13, “How Sweet It Is!”, in Time, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2013
    • Osho died nine years ago after establishing his eclectic brand of hippy-dippy irrationalism, sexual therapy and ancient learning across the globe.1999 April 8, Jason Burke, “Price of inner peace splits guru disciples”, in The Independent

Forms of hippy-dippy

comparativemore hippy-dippy
superlativemost hippy-dippy
alternative formhippie-dippie
alternative formhippie-dippy
alternative formhippy-dippie
alternative formhippy dippy
alternative formhippie dippie
alternative formhippie dippy
alternative formhippy dippie

Origin of hippy-dippy

Reduplication; see also dippy (“lacking common sense”).

Questions about hippy-dippy

What does hippy-dippy mean?
Hippy-dippy means suggesting or characterized by hippie attitudes.
What part of speech is hippy-dippy?
Hippy-dippy is an adjective.

Words near hippy-dippy in the dictionary

  1. hippy flips
  2. hippy jump
  3. hippy jumped
  4. hippy jumping
  5. hippy jumps
  6. hippy-dippy
  7. hippydom
  8. hippyish
  9. hippylike
  10. hips
  11. Hipsher

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