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Webster 1913 Edition
Boobyish
Boo′by-ish
,Adj.
Stupid; dull.
Definition 2024
boobyish
boobyish
English
Adjective
boobyish (comparative more boobyish, superlative most boobyish)
- Stupid; dull-witted.
- 1778, Fanny Burney, Evelina, or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World, Letter XXXIV,
- " […] I have therefore determined to make a pretense for suddenly leaving this place, dear as it is to me, and containing all I most admire and adore;—and I will stay in town till the violence of this boobyish humour is abated."
- 1778, Fanny Burney, Evelina, or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World, Letter XXXIV,