Screwy

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screw +‎  -y. 1820, original meaning “tipsy, slightly drunk”; meaning “crazy, ridiculous” first recorded 1887. 


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screwy (adj.)

1820, "tipsy, slightly drunk," from screw (n.) + -y (2.). Sense of "crazy, ridiculous" is recorded by 1887. The more literal sense of "tortuous, like the thread or motion of a screw" is by 1891. Related: Screwily; screwiness.