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Webster 1913 Edition


Rooky

Rook′y

(-y̆)
,
Adj.
[See
Roky
.]
Misty; gloomy.
[Obs.]
Light thickens, and the crow
Makes wing to the
rooky
wood.
Shakespeare
☞ Some make this Shakespearean word mean “abounding in rooks.”

Webster 1828 Edition


Rooky

ROOK'Y

,
Adj.
Inhabited by rooks; as the rooky wood.

Definition 2024


rooky

rooky

English

Adjective

rooky (comparative rookier, superlative rookiest)

  1. full of rooks
  2. misty; gloomy.