SCATTY

absent, absentminded, abstracted, scatty

(adjective) lost in thought; showing preoccupation; “an absent stare”; “an absentminded professor”; “the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence”

rattlebrained, rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty

(adjective) lacking sense or discretion; “his rattlebrained crackpot ideas”; “how rattlepated I am! I’ve forgotten what I came for”- Glenway Westcott

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

scatty (comparative scattier, superlative scattiest)

(slang, British) Scatterbrained; flighty.

Etymology 2

Adjective

scatty

(dialect) showery; rainy

Source: Wiktionary



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(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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Coffee Trivia

Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.

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