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booky en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbʊki/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English booky From book + -y.

Meanings

  1. (dated) Bookish.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bookiest Degree=Sup lexicographic
bookier Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

bookiness

booky en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbyːki/ (Multicultural-London-English)

Etymology

Perhaps from book (“to flee, leave hurriedly”) + -y.

Meanings

  1. (Multicultural-London-English) Treacherous, snitchy, not trustworthy.
    • Bro I’m booky, I’ll take your food if my belly starts rumblin They rap about bootings, they ain’t blammed nobody Hold that properly when I bang that dotty I put sniff in a rex, and I slang that bobby 2017, “Next Up?”, Digga D (lyrics), performed by 1011 (Digga D x Sav'O x T.Y):
  2. (Multicultural-London-English) Strange, scary, suspicious.
    • Everyone knows that feeling of walking into a room and the atmosphere being bare bookie but also calm. In this LA Beats produced track the boys reminisce on those rooms where you’re greeted by a combination of “bare weed smoke” and “wavy settings”. 2017 March 25, Trudy Barry, “1st Listen Review: Section Boyz' 'Soundcheck' mixtape”, in GRM Daily, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2023:
    • I didn't want to verbalise my fears about a polar bear in the woods, because I would sound like a fruitloop. / Then Flora spoke up. ‘Selkirk's got a point.’ / ‘Yeah,’ agreed Turk of all people, ‘that jungle is bare booky, fam.’ 2018, M. A. Bennett, The Island, London: Hot Key Books, →ISBN, page unknown:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bookie alternative lexicographic
Buki alternative lexicographic
bookier Degree=Cmp lexicographic
bookiest Degree=Sup lexicographic
bookey alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

double-hearted · unloyal · queer as a clockwork orange · freaky · strange · traitorly · uncouth · reptilian · kooky · unearthly · errant · eerie · booky · freakish · traitorish · selcouth · insidious · funny · double-faced · dodgy · disleal · unexpected · Punic · extraordinary · freak · Judaslike · traitorsome · aberrant · fremd · unwonted · unfaithful · deviant · dastardly · discrepant · booky · double-crossing · false-hearted · recreant · doublehearted · illoyal · proditorious · double-dealing · unconventional · unsteadfast · outré · infidelitous · alien · curious · Judasly · singular · eldritch · outlandish · quaint · viperous · proditory · hinky · sketchy · heteroclite · queer as a coot · swike · uncanny · weirdsome · viperous · traitorous · rummy · hollow-hearted · incongruous · trippy · uncommon · queer as a three dollar bill · anomalous · monstrous · rum · fey · weird · hinky · bizarre · abnormal · forby · ratlike · odd · traitorlike · yampy · treachersome · disloyal · treacherous · as queer as Dick's hatband · false · faithless · queer as a nine bob note · guiled · perfidious · unleal · dastardly · unreasonable · untrue · seld · irregular · reptitious · exceptional · nonfaithful · falseheart · trothless · peculiar · incongruitous · unusual · rare · queer as Dick's hatband · queer · guileful · viperish · renegade · out of the ordinary · nonstandard · ratlike