Meanings
- childishnot comparableSkipping.
Origin
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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skippity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skippity
“skippity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skippity. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skippity,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skippity.
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