scatty (redirected from scattiest)

scat·ty  (skt)

adj. scat·ti·er, scat·ti·est Chiefly British

Scatterbrained; flighty: "the scatty, glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence" (London Review of Books).

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[Probably scatt(erbrain) + -y.]

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scatty [ˈskætɪ]

adj -tier, -tiest Brit informal

1. empty-headed, frivolous, or thoughtless

2. distracted (esp in drive someone scatty)

[from scatterbrained]

scattily  adv

scattiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	scatty - lacking sense or discretion; "his rattlebrained crackpot ideas"; "how rattlepated I am! I've forgotten what I came for"- Glenway Westcott rattlebrained, rattlepated, scatterbrained foolish - devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"
	2.	scatty - lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence" absentminded, abstracted, absent inattentive - showing a lack of attention or care; "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter"

Translations

scatty [ˈskætɪ] ADJ (scattier (compar) (scattiest (superl))) (Brit) → ligero de cascos, atolondrado
to drive sb scatty → volver majareta a algn

scatty [ˈskæti] adj (British) → loufoque

scatty

adj (+er) (inf)

(= scatterbrained) → schusslig (inf), → schusselig (inf)

(= mad) → verrückt, närrisch (inf)

scatty [ˈskætɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (Brit) (fam) → svitato/a