scatty

The definition of scatty is British slang and means disorganized, scatterbrained or absent minded.

(adjective)

If you are constantly looking for your keys, wallet, glasses and other personal items, this is an example of a time when you would be described as scatty.

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See scatty in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective scattier, scattiest

Brit., Slang silly, foolish, or crazy

Origin: contr. < ? scatterbrained

See scatty in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective scat·ti·er, scat·ti·est
Chiefly British
Scatterbrained; flighty: “the scatty, glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence” (London Review of Books).

Origin:

Origin: Probably scatt(erbrain)

Origin: + -y1

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