a. Now low colloq. [f. TOP sb.1 + -Y.] † a. Having or characterized by a top or tops; peaked. Obs. b. Top-heavy, inclined to tip over; in quot., tipsy. c. Showy, stylish.
c. 1557. Abp. Parker, Ps. lxviii. 185. Why leape ye so: to spyte thys mounte, ye toppy hillockes gay?
1885. Times, 6 Aug., 3. The lady gave her some whisky … and it made her ‘toppy.’
1893. Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, 8 April. On military or civic parades the horse has been conspicuous for several years for its toppy appearance.
a. 1905. H. S. H, in Eng. Dial. Dict., s.v., She looks toppier to-day.
