Adjective: diddy
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | diddier |
| Superlative | diddiest |
Perifrastic
Sample Sentences
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Me mither mend't me auld breeks, / But ay! but they were diddy; [1894, R. Brimley Johnson, editor, Popular British Ballads Ancient and Modern, “Robbie Tamson’s Smiddie”:]
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There's a pear orchard, and a knot garden, and a diddy little lake that's just big enough to swim in . . . hey, if the weather stays like this, we can have a dip tomorrow. [2013, Angela Woolfe, The Surprising Life of Charlie Glass (size 18 and a Bit), →ISBN, page 380:]
Adjectives inflected like diddy
syrupy,
seemly,
seggsy,
snuffy,
snippy,
snitty,
sniffy,
snotty,
snouty,
snobby,
snoozy,
snooty,
snazzy,
snappy,
snarky,
snarly,
snassy,
snaily,
snacky,
snaggy, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
Variant of titty. Attested from the late eighteenth century.