Pronounced: HAND-fast, noun/verb
Notes: I don’t think I’ve run across this — you may be able to guess one of the definitions
Yesterday’s word
The word wifty means “eccentrically silly or scatterbrained; ditzy”
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1910s (but see Comments below)
Background / Comments
The reference material indicated that our word may have been around in audible form before the first written appearance (which is generally what is used for the “First usage”). The origins of wifty are not really known.
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