huddy-wuddy


Morphology
rhyme reduplication

Etymology
After hiddie-giddie perhaps with influence from wuid, mad.

Classification
confusion, demeanor

Definition
in a flurry, in great excitement or confusion.

Quotations
First attested in 1870.

References
The Scottish national dictionary, designed partly on regional lines and partly on historical principles, and containing all the Scottish words known to be in use or to have been in use since c. 1700. Edited by William Grant and David D. Murison. Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931~1975. [See biblography.]


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