Definition of Hookiest

1. Adjective. (superlative of hooky) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hookiest

1. hooky [adj] - See also: hooky

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hookiest

hookean behaviour
hooked
hooked bone
hooked bundle of Russell
hooked fasciculus
hooked up
hookedness
hookers
hookey
hookeys
hookgun
hookguns
hookier
hookies
hookiest (current term)
hooking
hooking up
hookium
hookkeeper
hookkeepers
hookless
hooklet
hooklets
hooklike
hookling
hookman
hooknose
hooknosed
hooknoses

Literary usage of Hookiest

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

1. A Parody Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1904)
"Now, how must I apply, to try This hookiest-beaked of owls ? Ix. Well, I suppose God knows — I don't. Time's crimes mark dark men's types, in stripes Broad ..."

2. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"... sobbed, gaped, aped, the plaice in face! None heard, 'tis odds, his—God's—folk's howls. Now, how must I apply, to try This hookiest-beaked of owls? ..."

3. The Heptalogia, Or, The Seven Against Sense: A Cap with Seven Bells by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1880)
"Now, how must I apply, to try This hookiest-beaked of owls ? IX. Well, I suppose God knows—I don't. Time's crimes mark dark men's types, ..."

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