Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOf dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality. · Uncertain or chancy; risky.
Etymology tree English if Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English iffy From if + -y.
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