divvyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Clipping of dividend +‎ -y.

別の表記

• divy
• divvie (for noun only)

名詞

divvy (plural divvies)

1. (informal) A dividend; a share or portion.

派生語

動詞

divvy (third-person singular simple present divvies, present participle divvying, simple past and past participle divvied)

1. (informal, transitive) To divide into portions.

   We divvied the money into equal portions to split between us.

   • 2006, John C. Roberts, concurrence and dissent in part in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry, 548 U.S. 399 (2006)

     It is a sordid business, this divvying us up by race.

派生語

• divvy up

語源 2

Unclear. Suggested sources include a corruption of Davy lamp as used by miners; dividend as an unemployment benefit; or divot meaning "turf", used euphemistically in place of the vulgar sod.

別の表記

• divvie

名詞

divvy (plural divvies)

1. (slang, derogatory) A foolish person.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool

   Put it down and stop being a divvy!

派生語

• div
• divvo

語源 3

形容詞

divvy (comparative more divvy, superlative most divvy)

1. (informal, dated) Divine; very pleasant, wonderful.
   • 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not... (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 36:

     ‘You'd find,’ the priest said, ‘that it whittled down until the only divvy moment was when you stood waiting in the booking-office for the young man to take the tickets.’