ditzy

== English == === Alternative forms === ditsy === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɪtsi/ Rhymes: -ɪtsi === Adjective === ditzy (comparative ditzier, superlative ditziest) (informal) Silly or scatterbrained, usually of a young woman. 2013, Francisco Goldman, The Long Night of White Chickens, Grove Press (→ISBN), Seven: […] —and she'd smile like a primly mischievous Japanese girl, or like some slyly ditzy ingenue on a talk show, all the while watching her interrogator try to fathom (though sometimes they were pretty dim and just said, “Oh”) the surprising cleverness of her answer. ==== Derived terms ==== ditz ditzily ditziness ==== Translations ====