Etymology

skeezy

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Today it means: Despicable, tasteless. Full definition →

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The story

US, 1992. Variant of sleazy, possibly influenced by sketchy (“dubious, unnerving”); alternatively analyzed as blend of sketchy + sleazy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.