chirpy (adj.)

"cheerfully perky," literally "full of chirping," 1825, from chirp + -y (2). The notion is perhaps of birds fluttering and chattering.

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chirp (v.)

"make a short, sharp, happy sound like a bird," mid-15c. (implied in chirping), echoic, or else a variant of Middle English chirken "to twitter" (late 14c.), from Old English cearcian "to creak, gnash." Related: Chirped. As a noun, attested from 1802.

-y (2)

adjective suffix, "full of or characterized by," from Old English -ig, from Proto-Germanic *-iga- (source also of Dutch, Danish, German -ig, Gothic -egs), from PIE -(i)ko-, adjectival suffix, cognate with elements in Greek -ikos, Latin -icus (see -ic). Originally added to nouns in Old English; used from 13c. with verbs, and by 15c. even with other adjectives (for example crispy).

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Definitions of chirpy from WordNet

chirpy (adj.)

(birds or insects) characterized by or tending to chirp;

chirpy (adj.)

characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness;

looking bright and well and chirpy

his quick wit and chirpy humor

Synonyms: buoyant / perky

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