Definition of Boobyish

1. a. Stupid; dull.

Definition of Boobyish

1. Adjective. stupid; dull-witted ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Boobyish

1. stupid [adj] - See also: stupid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boobyish

boobook
boobooks
booboos
boobs
booby
booby-hatch
booby-trap
booby-trapped
booby-trapping
booby-traps
booby hatch
booby prize
booby prizes
booby trap
booby traps
boobyish (current term)
boobyism
boobyisms
boobytrap
boobytrapped
boobytrapping
boobytraps
boocoo
boocoos
booder
boodie
boodied
boodies
boodle
boodled

Literary usage of Boobyish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"... such as we may believe it to have been before the introduction of newspapers and turnpike roads ; awkward and boobyish among civil people, ..."

2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"booby; boobyish. inelegant; spec, elephantine, unskillful, draggy, inapt, lumpish, bungling. Antonyms: gee SKILLFUL, GRACEFUL. 2. Referring to a thing: spec ..."

3. An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction by William Adolphus Wheeler (1872)
"... such as we may believe It to have been before the introduction of newspapers and turnpike roads ; awkward and boobyish among civil people, ..."

4. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, and Characters. With an Historical Sketch of the by Henry Norman Hudson (1888)
"... awkward and boobyish among civil people, but at home in rude sports, and proud of exploits at which the town would laugh, yet perhaps with more courage ..."

5. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare, Evangeline Maria O'Connor (1901)
"... awkward and boobyish among civil people, but at home in rude sports, and proud of exploits at which the town would laugh, yet perhaps with more courage ..."

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