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dippy

adjective/ˈdɪpi/

What It Means

Lacking common sense.

Having romantic feelings for; excited or enthusiastic about.

Of an egg: cooked so that the yolk remains runny and can be used for dipping.

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Dippy in Context

“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.”

— 2004, Bernadette Strachan, chapter 20, in The Reluctant Landlady, London: Hodder & Stoughton, page 230

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From dip + -y.

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