dippy

[dip-ee] /ˈdɪp i/

adjective, dippier, dippiest. Slang.

somewhat mad or foolish:

dippy with love.

Origin

1900-05; origin uncertain

Examples from the web for dippy

Some people will dismiss the whole thing as hippy-dippy, feel-good stuff.
Might as well milk it for what you can, retire as early as you can, and get the heck out of this dippy place.
These shows pit caustic and manipulative brunettes against surprisingly canny blondes, or alternatively, focus on dippy brunettes.
But make no mistake-this ain't some hippy-dippy attempt at selling ice cream.

British Dictionary definitions for dippy

dippy

/ˈdɪpɪ/

adjective -pier, -piest

(slang) odd, eccentric, or crazy

Word Origin

C20: of unknown origin

Word Origin and History for dippy

adj.

"mad, insane, crazy," 1903, perhaps from dip + -y (2), but the exact signification is unclear. Another theory connects it with dipsomania.

Slang definitions & phrases for dippy

dippy

adjective

Crazy; foolish; whimsically silly; kooky: so strange and dippy as to have come from the brain of Tolkien/ Depardieu at his dippiest

[1900+; origin unknown; perhaps fr dip, ''head,'' in the expression off one's dip, ''crazy''; perhaps fr dipsomaniac; perhaps fr Romany divio, ''mad, madman'']