English Explanatory Dictionary

booky

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Bookish.
adj
  1. Treacherous, snitchy, not trustworthy.
  2. Strange, scary, suspicious.

Pronunciation

/ˈbʊki/ /ˈbyːki/

Word forms

booky bookier bookiest Buki bookey bookie

Etymology

From book + -y.

Synonyms

dastardly ratlike viperous booky disleal disloyal double-crossing double-dealing double-faced double-hearted doublehearted faithless false falseheart false-hearted guiled guileful hollow-hearted illoyal infidelitous insidious Judaslike Judasly nonfaithful perfidious proditorious proditory Punic recreant renegade reptilian reptitious swike traitorish traitorlike traitorly traitorous traitorsome treacherous treachersome trothless unfaithful unleal unloyal unsteadfast untrue viperish dodgy hinky sketchy aberrant abnormal alien anomalous as queer as Dick's hatband bizarre curious deviant discrepant eerie

Derived words

bookiness
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