Informal. Depressed, irritable, annoyed. Also figurative. Compare "pipped". Now rare (Australian in later use).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Walter Thornbury (1828–1876), author. From pip + -y late 19th century; earliest use found in Roger Fry (1866–1934), art historian, critic, and painter. From pip + -y.
Definition of pippy in US English:
pippy
adjectiveˈpɪpi
Full of pips.
adjectiveˈpɪpi
Informal. Depressed, irritable, annoyed. Also figurative. Compare "pipped". Now rare (Australian in later use).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Walter Thornbury (1828–1876), author. From pip + -y<br>late 19th century; earliest use found in Roger Fry (1866–1934), art historian, critic, and painter. From pip + -y.