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scat⋅ty

  [skat-ee]
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–adjective, -ti⋅er, -ti⋅est. British Informal.
scatterbrained.
Origin:
1910–15; appar. scatt(erbrain) + -y 1
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scat·ty   (skāt'ē)   
adj.   scat·ti·er, scat·ti·est Chiefly British
Scatterbrained; flighty: "the scatty, glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence" (London Review of Books).

[Probably scatt(erbrain) + -y1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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