Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)A dapper person.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. You look all spiffy.

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  2. His mag wheels were spiffy.

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Origin

Unknown. Attested in print from 1852 (see quotations below). Compare the noun spiff, attes

Unknown. Attested in print from 1852 (see quotations below). Compare the noun spiff, attested from 1859, as well as spiffing (1872) and spiffed (1881), suggesting participle forms of a related verb. Compare also spiv (“a smartly-dressed criminal”), attested from the 20th century.

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Forms

plural: spiffies
Singularspiffy
Pluralspiffies

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
spiderwebspielspigotspike

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