dippy

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈdɪp.i/ UK /ˈdɪp.i/ See IPA manual

Freq #44728

Meanings

1

adj
informal: foolish, eccentric, or lacking common sense

His dippy plan involved carrying the sofa up the fire escape with a rope.
2

adj
informal: extremely enthusiastic or romantically interested in someone or something

She has been dippy about vintage radios since she restored her first one.
3

adj
British informal, of a cooked egg: having a runny yolk suitable for dipping food into

He served the dippy eggs with strips of buttered toast.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · informal: foolish,... dottysilly scatterbrained

2 adj · informal: extremely... keen infatuated enthusiastic

3 adj · british informal, of a... soft-boiledrunny

Opposites

sensiblelevel-headed

Word family

Derived forms dippilydippiness

Related forms dipdippy egg

Etymology

From dip + -y. The enthusiastic sense developed from the idea of being deeply 'into' something, while the egg sense refers directly to dipping toast into a soft yolk.

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives Register & Style

External links

# dippy

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈdɪp.i/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdɪp.i/
**Frequency rank:** 44728

## Meanings
1. informal: foolish, eccentric, or lacking common sense
2. informal: extremely enthusiastic or romantically interested in someone or something
3. British informal, of a cooked egg: having a runny yolk suitable for dipping food into

## Examples
- His dippy plan involved carrying the sofa up the fire escape with a rope.
- She has been dippy about vintage radios since she restored her first one.
- He served the dippy eggs with strips of buttered toast.

## Synonyms
- dotty
- silly
- scatterbrained

## Antonyms
- sensible
- level-headed

## Derived Forms
- dippily
- dippiness

## Related Forms
- dip
- dippy egg

## Etymology
From dip + -y. The enthusiastic sense developed from the idea of being deeply 'into' something, while the egg sense refers directly to dipping toast into a soft yolk.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- Register & Style

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