faffy

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/ˈfæfi/

adjective

Time-consuming or awkward; too complicated or fancy.

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Meanings

adjectivefaffy (comparative faffier, superlative faffiest)

comparative faffier · superlative faffiest

  1. UKinformalTime-consuming or awkward; too complicated or fancy.

    Maybe go nuts with a sprinkle of sea salt and a crack of black pepper. Other than that, I'd be an idiot to interrupt their perfection with a faffy recipe.

    2017, Hollie Newton, How to Grow: A guide for gardeners who can't garden yet, →ISBN
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    [...] three kinds of pickles, the tinned peaches ready in a bowl with a jug of fresh cream on the serving hatch, home-made cakes, tarts and chocolate biscuits. It was a faffy, time-consuming job […]

    1986, Gwynneth Branfoot, Men have all the fun, page 125

Origin

From faff (about) + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with faffy

daffyaffybaffiejaffy
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APA

faffy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faffy

MLA

“faffy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faffy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “faffy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faffy.

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