wiftyadj.

Brit.

/ˈwɪfti/, U.S.

/ˈwɪfti/

Forms: 1900s– whifty, 1900s– wifty.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; apparently < a first element of uncertain identity (perhaps compare wift v., whift adj., whiff v.¹) + -y suffix¹.

colloquial (chiefly North American).

1. Vague, imprecise; (of thinking, argument, etc.) unclear; muddle-headed, scatterbrained; fuzzy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > confusion, muddle-headedness > [adjective]

redelessOE

mopishc1300

tottedc1500

addle1534

muddy?1571

addle1576

foggya1591

foggy-brained1594

addled1599

addle-headed1600

bezzled1604

addle-pated1614

addle-brained1619

buzzle-headeda1644

puzzle-headed1729

puzzle-pated1736

muddle-headed1760

ramble-headeda1761

hulver-headed1785

ramfeezled1786

muddled1790

hoddy-doddya1798

muzzy-headed1798

bother-headed1820

muddle-pated1823

pixilated1848

woolly1864

bungle-headed1865

mixed1880

muddlesome1887

wifty1918

woozy1941

spastic1981

1918 G. Frankau One of Them 83 Listless she sat through lunch, and introspective; Heard..Her mother's wifty social chitter-chatter.

1970 Delaware County (Pa.) Daily Times 30 Nov. 18/1 He didn't play before because he was mixed up in one of the whifty groups who think football is for sissies.

1991 C. Paglia Sex, Art, & Amer. Culture 226 Spoiled, wifty, middle-class academics who would be the first to shriek for the police if a burglar or rapist came through the window.

2001 S. Orlean Bullfighter checks her Makeup (2002) 5 Sometimes when he talks about this, it sounds as ordinary and hard-boiled as a real estate appraisal; other times it can sound fantastical and wifty and achingly naive.

2. Light-headed, muzzy, confused.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > [adjective]

bemazed?c1225

madc1300

maskedc1300

marreda1375

astoniedc1386

adasedc1450

astonished1513

moping1566

bewandered1574

dizzy1579

westy1598

night-wildered1652

disconcerted1686

muzzy1723

flustered1743

bewildered1760

flurried1775

muddled1790

thought-bewildered1796

bedazzled1805

muggy1824

mused1842

moony1847

beflustered1864

bemused1880

snarled1881

bedazed1882

bemuddled1883

disoriented1957

disorientated1959

wifty1973

1973 McCall's Dec. 108/2 Sometimes she was sharp as a razor, sometimes wifty, sometimes she had to go to the infirmary with a ‘sinking spell’.

2004 K. Michaels This can't be Love x. 123 He was too numb to feel pain. Wifty. Out of it.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wifty
释义	wiftyadj. Brit. /ˈwɪfti/, U.S. /ˈwɪfti/ Forms: 1900s– whifty, 1900s– wifty. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, -y suffix¹. Etymology: Origin uncertain; apparently < a first element of uncertain identity (perhaps compare wift v., whift adj., whiff v.¹) + -y suffix¹. colloquial (chiefly North American). 1. Vague, imprecise; (of thinking, argument, etc.) unclear; muddle-headed, scatterbrained; fuzzy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > confusion, muddle-headedness > [adjective] redelessOE mopishc1300 tottedc1500 addle1534 muddy?1571 addle1576 foggya1591 foggy-brained1594 addled1599 addle-headed1600 bezzled1604 addle-pated1614 addle-brained1619 buzzle-headeda1644 puzzle-headed1729 puzzle-pated1736 muddle-headed1760 ramble-headeda1761 hulver-headed1785 ramfeezled1786 muddled1790 hoddy-doddya1798 muzzy-headed1798 bother-headed1820 muddle-pated1823 pixilated1848 woolly1864 bungle-headed1865 mixed1880 muddlesome1887 wifty1918 woozy1941 spastic1981 1918 G. Frankau One of Them 83 Listless she sat through lunch, and introspective; Heard..Her mother's wifty social chitter-chatter. 1970 Delaware County (Pa.) Daily Times 30 Nov. 18/1 He didn't play before because he was mixed up in one of the whifty groups who think football is for sissies. 1991 C. Paglia Sex, Art, & Amer. Culture 226 Spoiled, wifty, middle-class academics who would be the first to shriek for the police if a burglar or rapist came through the window. 2001 S. Orlean Bullfighter checks her Makeup (2002) 5 Sometimes when he talks about this, it sounds as ordinary and hard-boiled as a real estate appraisal; other times it can sound fantastical and wifty and achingly naive. 2. Light-headed, muzzy, confused. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > [adjective] bemazed?c1225 madc1300 maskedc1300 marreda1375 astoniedc1386 adasedc1450 astonished1513 moping1566 bewandered1574 dizzy1579 westy1598 night-wildered1652 disconcerted1686 muzzy1723 flustered1743 bewildered1760 flurried1775 muddled1790 thought-bewildered1796 bedazzled1805 muggy1824 mused1842 moony1847 beflustered1864 bemused1880 snarled1881 bedazed1882 bemuddled1883 disoriented1957 disorientated1959 wifty1973 1973 McCall's Dec. 108/2 Sometimes she was sharp as a razor, sometimes wifty, sometimes she had to go to the infirmary with a ‘sinking spell’. 2004 K. Michaels This can't be Love x. 123 He was too numb to feel pain. Wifty. Out of it. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1918
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