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Definition of Spiffing
1. Adjective. Excellent or splendid. "That's a perfectly spiffing idea"
Similar to: Superior
Definition of Spiffing
1. Adjective. (British colloquial) Very good, excellent. ¹
2. Adjective. (British colloquial) Smart or appealing in dress or appearance. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of spiff) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spiffing
1. spiffy [adj] - See also: spiffy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spiffing
Literary usage of Spiffing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dialect of Leeds and Its Neighbourhood: Illustrated by Conversations and by C. Clough Robinson (1862)
"He's spiff eniff for't I" A fall of good luck is a " spiffing " announcement to
the party concerned; and a husband avers his better-half to look " spiffing ..."
2. Studies in English, Written and Spoken: For the Use of Continental Students by Cornelis Stoffel (1894)
"83), 161": "And—I say—there's a spiffing lunch at Dr. Richard's"; JK Jerome, Idle
Thoughts by an Idle Fellow, 69: " Does it (a coat) fit all right behind? ..."
3. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"He told Stephen that his name was Athy and that his father kept a lot of racehorses
that were spiffing jumpers and that his father would give a good tip to ..."
4. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"He told Stephen that his name was Athy and that his father kept a lot of racehorses
that were spiffing jumpers and that his father would give a good tip to ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"Spick-and-span,////>-, often used without' new,' and applied especially to a
well-dressed person. Spiff, spiffing, or Spiffy, adj. fine; gay; first-rate; ..."
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