QUIDDY

Etymology: Drunken attempt to say cute and pretty at the same time. 1. Describing an attractive young woman who, if not wearing a sundress, could nonetheless tastefully succeed in doing so. 2. A woman possessing said qualities. Example: It was the first genuine spring day of the year, and the arboretum was teeming with quiddies. (Contributor's note: An alternate etymology cites Latin roots, attributed to Antony saying of Cleopatra: Quiddima maxima est. However, this is considered apocryphal in most scholarly circles.