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zooey en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /zuːi/

Etymology

From zoo + -ey.

Meanings

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a zoo.
    • a zooey smell
  2. (informal) Crowded with people.
    • […] restaurants that squeeze in as many tables as possible against the walls of the old town; it gets zooey, with tourists trying to get past the fuming waiters trying to deliver food to their waiting diners. 2001, David Andrusia, Haas Mroue, Donald Olson, Frommer's Gay & Lesbian Europe, page 254:

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zooiest Degree=Sup lexicographic
zooier Degree=Cmp lexicographic