Dictionary

Sherlocky en · ADJ

Etymology

From Sherlock + -y.

Meanings

1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
   • "Yes, now what was all that about? You were so damn Sherlocky yesterday all of a sudden. We'd been doing the thing together all the time, and you'd been telling me everything, and then suddenly you become very mysterious and private and talk enigmatically--is that the word?--about dentists and swimming and the 'Plough and Horses,' and--well, what was it all about? You simply vanished out of sight; I didn't know what on earth we were talking about." 1922, A. A. Milne, chapter XXII, in The Red House Mystery:
   • My nephew was reading a story, a tale of the Sherlocky sort; its pages were startling and gory, and blood was dispensed by the quart. 1925 June 18, Walt Mason, “Rippling Rhymes”, in The Calgary Daily Herald:
   • […] We would have, if you weren't such a Sherlocky snoop. I suppose you'll tell me next you found our private clubroom." 1967, Louisa R. Shotwell, Adam Bookout, The Viking Press, published 1967, page 236:

Forms

Relateds

Watsonish

Synonyms

Holmesish · Sherlockish · Sherlock Holmesy · Sherlock Holmesish