diggity

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English

Etymology

See diggety, analyzable as dig +‎ -ity, a suffix used to extend monosyllabic words.

Adverb

diggity (comparative more diggity, superlative most diggity)

  1. Alternative form of diggety

Interjection

diggity

  1. Alternative form of diggety

Noun

diggity (uncountable)

  1. An expletive or partially reduplicative form used in word games or idioms.
    no diggity (“no doubt”)
    bomb diggity (“excellent, the bomb”)
    • 1897, Kate Douglas Wiggin, “Penelope’s Progress”, in The Atlantic Monthly, page 702:
      We afterwards learned that this is spelled Dalgety, but it is considered rather vulgar, in Scotland, to pronounce the names of persons and places as they are written. When, therefore, I allude to the cook, which shall be as seldom as possible, I shall speak of her as Miss Diggety-Dalgety.
    • 1996, Eileen Barish, Doin’ Texas with your Pooch‎:
      Let your hot diggity dog cool his tootsies on this picturesque creekside trail where nature is the name of the game.

References

  • “diggity”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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