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Definition of Goosey
1. Adjective. Having or revealing stupidity. "Some fool idea about rewriting authors' books"
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Stupid
Derivative terms: Dope, Dope, Foolishness, Goose, Goose, Jerk
Definition of Goosey
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of goosy) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Goosey
1. goosy [adj GOOSIER, GOOSIEST] - See also: goosy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goosey
Literary usage of Goosey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher by Charles Madison Curry (1921)
"So Foxy-woxy went into his cave, and he did n't go very far, but turned round to
wait for Henny-penny, Cocky- locky, Ducky-daddles, goosey- ..."
2. English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, John Dickson Batten (1890)
"So Foxy-woxy went into his cave, and he didn't go very far but turned round to
wait for Henny-Penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, goosey- ..."
3. The Complete Mother Goose by Ethel Franklin Betts (1909)
"Where's the little boy, that tends the sheep? He's under the haycock fast asleep.
goosey, goosey, Gander. i ... goosey, gander, Where dost thou wander? ..."
4. Popular Tales from the Norse by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe (1859)
"goosey GRIZZEL. /"\NCE on a time there was a widower, who had a housekeeper named
Grizzel, who set her mutch at him, ..."
5. History of the Brocklesby Hounds, 1700-1901 by George E. Collins (1902)
"Will Smith, of Brocklesby, and goosey, of Belvoir, were then in their prime, and
undoubtedly the best ..."
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