wifty-waftyadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɪftɪˈwɑːfti/,

/ˌwɪftɪˈwɒfti/,

/ˌwɪftɪˈwafti/, U.S.

/ˈwɪftiˌwɑfti/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: wafty adj.

Etymology: Reduplication (with vowel variation) of wafty adj.

Originally: characterized by wafting, floating movements. In later use chiefly figurative: lacking clarity, rigour, or precision; confused, unclear, imprecise.Quot. 1934 shows wifty and wafty as independent modifiers.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adjective] > vague or inexplicit

oblique?a1475

overthwart1545

indirect1584

slenting1642

undeterminate1649

vaguea1661

wide1662

indeterminate1773

unexplicit1775

nebulose1799

imprecise1805

misty1816

nebulous1817

inexplicit1827

fuzzy1937

soft-focused1942

wifty-wafty1943

1934 Women's Wear Daily 26 Jan. i. 3/2 Have you seen the wifty, wafty feathers that wave in the breeze?]

1943 Jrnl. Physical Educ. 35 38 Wifty-wafty dancing and artsy-craftsty handwork, musical fol-de-rols [etc.].

1957 J. M. Brew Youth & Youth Groups xi. 225 There would seem to be some virtue in the wifty wafty stuff sold..as ‘classical’ or ‘modern’ which is not possessed by the dances that young people like.

1995 Playbill 30 Nov. 74/2 Amanda pours out her troubles and her wifty-wafty life story to a suicide-hotline lady.

2010 C. R. Zorn Becoming Nurse Educator Foreword p. ix I clearly recall chafing at what I perceived as the wifty-wafty aspects of this concept [sc. holistic patient care].

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wifty-wafty
释义	wifty-waftyadj. Brit. /ˌwɪftɪˈwɑːfti/, /ˌwɪftɪˈwɒfti/, /ˌwɪftɪˈwafti/, U.S. /ˈwɪftiˌwɑfti/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: wafty adj. Etymology: Reduplication (with vowel variation) of wafty adj. Originally: characterized by wafting, floating movements. In later use chiefly figurative: lacking clarity, rigour, or precision; confused, unclear, imprecise.Quot. 1934 shows wifty and wafty as independent modifiers. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adjective] > vague or inexplicit oblique?a1475 overthwart1545 indirect1584 slenting1642 undeterminate1649 vaguea1661 wide1662 indeterminate1773 unexplicit1775 nebulose1799 imprecise1805 misty1816 nebulous1817 inexplicit1827 fuzzy1937 soft-focused1942 wifty-wafty1943 1934 Women's Wear Daily 26 Jan. i. 3/2 Have you seen the wifty, wafty feathers that wave in the breeze?] 1943 Jrnl. Physical Educ. 35 38 Wifty-wafty dancing and artsy-craftsty handwork, musical fol-de-rols [etc.]. 1957 J. M. Brew Youth & Youth Groups xi. 225 There would seem to be some virtue in the wifty wafty stuff sold..as ‘classical’ or ‘modern’ which is not possessed by the dances that young people like. 1995 Playbill 30 Nov. 74/2 Amanda pours out her troubles and her wifty-wafty life story to a suicide-hotline lady. 2010 C. R. Zorn Becoming Nurse Educator Foreword p. ix I clearly recall chafing at what I perceived as the wifty-wafty aspects of this concept [sc. holistic patient care]. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1943
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