English Explanatory Dictionary

skippity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Skipping.
noun
  1. A skip.

Word forms

skippity skippities

Etymology

A fanciful extension used chiefly in rhymes, from skip + -ity (“added to monosyllabic words, typically nouns or adjectives, to extend their form”); compare similar words like hippity-hoppity, diggety and nippity.

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