dippy

Adjective

1. Lacking common sense.
   • If a person were to wash only one side of his face and continually neglect the other side, he would soon become a local curiosity–would be considered dippy. - 1922, “Beautify Gillette”, in The Republican, volume 1,...
   • “He’s dippy,” she informed him. “Absolutely mad. He’ll wreck your ship for you.” - 1957, Neville Shute, chapter 2, in On the Beach, New York: William Morrow:
   • 2001, Peter Bradshaw, Review of Legally Blonde, The Guardian, 26 October, 2001, This so-so comedy has Witherspoon as the dippy-yet-smart sorority girl whose ambitious Wasp boyfriend dumps her because she’s a natural...
2. Having romantic feelings for; excited or enthusiastic about.
   • “I’ve read in the papers that ye’re dippy about secon’-hand stuff,” she teased, referring to his mania for antiques […] - 1912, Clara E. Laughlin, chapter 4, in The Penny Philanthropist, New York: Fleming H. Revell,...
   • ‘[…] If you’re dippy about a girl, and another fellow has grabbed her, it can’t be pleasant to sit at a writing table, probably with a rotten pen, sweating away while the other fellow dictates “My own comma precious...
3. Of an egg: cooked so that the yolk remains runny and can be used for dipping.
   • The flat was his domain until ten a.m., he informed her brusquely. He liked reading the paper and partaking of a dippy egg in solitude. - 2004, Bernadette Strachan, chapter 20, in The Reluctant Landlady, London: Hodder...
4. Involving or suited to dipping.
   • Also, salad dressing makes a great dippy sauce. Avoid low-fat salad dressings, which are usually loaded with fillers, sugar, and sodium. - 2001, Janet Mason Tarlov, The Everything Baby's First Food Book, page 257:
5. Having dips (downward and upward slopes).
   • "It's not completely flat," Waddicor points out. "It's a bit up and down dippy. The gradients are quite steep compared with traditional lines." - 2025 August 20, Paul Clifton, “A driver's eye view of East West Rail”, in...