Etymology

viddy

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Today it means: A video or video recording. Full definition →

Russian ви́деть
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viddy · noun1

From video (“video recording”) + -y.

viddy · verb2

  1. Russian · borrowed fromви́деть“to see”
  2. English todayviddy

From Russian ви́деть (vídetʹ, “to see”); originally a fictional slang term used by the droogs in Anthony Burgess's novel, A Clockwork Orange.

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