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deedy

adj

Etymology

From deed + -y. Cognate with Scots deedie, deedy (“active”). Compare also German tätig (“active”).

  1. inherited from *dʰéh₁tis✻ — “deed, action”
  2. inherited from *dēdiz✻ — “deed”
  3. inherited from *dādi✻
  4. inherited from dēd
  5. inherited from dede
  6. suffixed as deedy — “deed + -y”

Definitions

  1. Industrious

    Industrious; active.

  2. Earnest

    Earnest; serious.

  3. Genuine, authentic

    Genuine, authentic; actual, real.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for deedy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA