ditzy

• ditsy

Unknown. Possibilities include an alteration of dizzy or (if the word were of American origin) a borrowing from dialectal German dutzig, also dützig, ditzig (“numb, dazed, dizzy, as after having been punched; dull, stupid”), from dialectal dutzen (“to butt, hit, punch”). Compare German verdutzt (“dumbfounded”) and regional Dötsche (“bump, dent, bruise”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪtsi/

ditzy (comparative ditzier, superlative ditziest)

1. (informal) Silly or scatterbrained, usually of a woman.

• ditz