schizy

or schiz·zy

[ skit-see ]

adjective

, Informal.

, schiz·i·er, schiz·i·est.

1. schizoid or schizophrenic.

Word History and Origins

Origin of schizy¹

1925–30; schiz(ophrenia) + -y ¹; schiz, schizo

Example Sentences

It was his own line and I thought it was twice gold: once because it nailed that schizy quality of fame, and also because it so nicely captured the difference between the way it was back then, in 1974, when a big star and a journalist on assignment might roam around town together unencumbered by publicists, and now.

From The New Yorker

It's a schizy piece of work: part bombast, part hypercharged pop.

From Time Magazine Archive

So does Director Pierson, as he captures the schizy, druggy, enclosed, exploding tension of rock superstardom.

From Time Magazine Archive

The other woman is Helena Kallianiotes, who played a schizy hitchhiker in Five Easy Pieces.

From Time Magazine Archive