divvy

adj

1. Divine; very pleasant, wonderful.

   “‘You'd find,’ the priest said, ‘that it whittled down until the only divvy moment was when you stood waiting in the booking-office for the young man to take the tickets.’”

noun

Etymology: Unclear. Suggested sources include a corruption of Davy lamp as used by miners; dividend as an unemployment benefit; or divot meaning "turf", used euphemistically in place of the vulgar sod.

1. A foolish person.

   “Put it down and stop being a divvy!”

verb

Etymology: Clipping of dividend + -y.

1. To divide into portions.

   “We divvied the money into equal portions to split between us.”

   “It is a sordid business, this divvying us up by race.”