scatty

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) + -y¹.]

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scatty

Adjective

[-tier, -tiest] Informal rather absent-minded [from scatterbrained]

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 (Brit) (inf) → loufoque

scatty [ˈskætɪ] (Brit) (inf) adj → schusselig

scatty [ˈskætɪ] adj (col) → scervellato/a, sbadato/a