boobily
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more boobily
form: most boobily
Etymology: From booby (“a stupid person”) + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Stan. Contemptible! very conſiderable, I'gad; very deſirable: Why, ſhe's worth Ten thouſand Pounds, man; a clear Eſtate: No charge upon't, but a boobily Son: He indeed was to have half; but his Father begot him, and ſhe breeds him up, not to know or have more than ſhe has a mind to: And ſhe has a mind to ſomething elſe, it ſeems.
ref: 1696, Tho[mas] Southerne, Oroonoko: A Tragedy […], London: […] H. Playford […] B. Tooke […] S. Buckley […], page 8:
text: The ſundry reports of theſe amazing Objects, together with many other Enticing Rarities, to be viſited at a ſmall expence within the Ancient Battlements of this Renown'd Citadel, which I had receiv'd from the Magnifying Mouths of ſome Boobily Bumpkins, who had ſtolen ſo much time from their Waggons and Hay-Carts, as to be Spectators of theſe ſurprizing Curioſities; […]
ref: 1699 November, [Ned Ward], The London Spy, volume 2, London: […] J. How, […], page 3:
text: And it is not only that thoſe who are Educated at our own Expence encroach upon us, but the Raw Ignorant Country Wenches and Boobily Fellows that can do, and are good for, nothing impoſe upon us likewiſe.
ref: 1723, [Bernard Mandeville], “An Essay on Charity, and Charity-Schools”, in The Fable of The Bees: or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits, 2nd edition, London: […] Edmund Parker […], page 346:
text: Gayl. Only 'Squire Sapſcull, his Bride, and boobily Man.
ref: 1736, Henry Carey, “The Honeſt Yorkſhire-Man. A Ballad Opera.”, in The Dramatick Works of Henry Carey, London: […] S. Gilbert, published 1743, page 240:
text: The act then cloſes with a very trifling ſarcaſtical ſcene play’d by Mrs. Bennet and Mr. Moody, between Jenny, an impertinent chamber-maid, and Thomas, a boobily footman.
ref: 1760 March 22, “To the Proprietors of the Public Ledger, […]”, in The Public Ledger. Or, Daily Register of Commerce and Intelligence, volume 1, number 61, London, page 1:
synonyms: word: booby
word: boobish
word: addlebrained
word: addlepated
word: airheaded
word: bee-brained
word: beef-witted
word: beefheaded
word: beetle-headed
word: birdbrained
word: blockheaded
word: Boeotian
word: boneheaded
word: boofheaded
word: brainless
word: bubbleheaded
word: buffle-headed
word: bullet-headed
word: cerebrally challenged
word: childish
word: chowderheaded
word: chuckleheaded
word: crackbrained
word: cretinous
word: dense
word: dented
word: dim-bulb
word: dim-headed
word: dim-witted
word: dim
word: doltish
word: dopey
word: dozy
word: drowsy
word: dull-headed
word: dull-minded
word: dull-witted
word: dull
word: dumber than a box of rocks
word: dumb
word: dunderheaded
word: empty-headed
word: fatheaded
word: feeble-minded
word: flea-brained
word: foolish
word: fuzzy-headed
word: fuzzy-minded
word: half-brained
word: half-witted
word: hammer-headed
word: idiotic
word: imbecilic
word: inane
word: insipid
word: intellectually challenged
word: knuckleheaded
word: lamebrained
word: lowbrow
word: lumpish
word: lunkheaded
word: mentally challenged
word: mentally retarded
word: mindless
word: monosynaptic
word: moronic
word: muttonheaded
word: nitwitted
word: numbskulled
word: oafish
word: obtuse
word: peabrained
word: pratty
word: pudding-headed
word: puerile
word: purblind
word: quarter-witted
word: retarded
word: rockheaded
word: sharp as a bowling ball
word: sheep-headed
word: simple
word: slow-witted
word: slow
word: smooth-brained
word: stolid
word: stupid
word: thick-skulled
word: thickheaded
word: thickwitted
word: thick
word: unapprehensive
word: unclever
word: unintelligent
word: unsmart
word: vacant
word: vacuous
word: witless
word: wooden-headed
word: wool-headed
word: woolly-headed
word: woolly-minded
word: dumb as a bag of hammers
word: dumb as a box of rocks
word: dumb as a doorknob
word: dumb as an ox
word: dumb as a post
word: dumb as a sack of hammers
word: dumb as dirt
word: dumber than a rock
word: not the sharpest crayon in the box
word: not the sharpest knife in the drawer
word: not the sharpest tool in the shed
word: thick as a brick
word: thick as a plank
word: thick as champ
word: thick as mince
word: thick as two short planks
word: thick as a whale omelette
word: ass-brained
word: fuckwitted
word: shit-for-brains
word: thick as pig shit
glosses: Stupid, unintelligent.