boobyism
boobyism noun: the quality of being a booby, foolishness.
Noun
boobyism (countable and uncountable, plural boobyisms)
- The quality of being a booby, foolishness.
- Such are the written placards wafered up in the gentlemen’s dressing-room, or the green-room (where there is any), at a private theatre; and such are the sums extracted from the shop-till, or overcharged in the office expenditure, by the donkeys who are prevailed upon to pay for permission to...1836, “Boz” [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Sketches by “Boz,” Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Macrone, […], →OCLC...
- Samuel gazed upwards at the handsome long nose and rich lips of his elder cousin, so experienced, so agreeable, so renowned, so esteemed, so philosophic, and admitted to himself that he had lived to the age of forty in a state of comparative boobyism.1908, Arnold Bennett, chapter IV, in The Old Wives' Tale
boobyism meaning in Tamil
boobyism in Tamil
- பெரும் பேதைமை
Forms of boobyism
| plural | boobyisms |
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Origin of boobyism
From booby + -ism.
Questions about boobyism
- What does boobyism mean?
- Boobyism means the quality of being a booby, foolishness.
- What is boobyism in Tamil?
- Boobyism in Tamil is பெரும் பேதைமை. See Boobyism meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is boobyism?
- Boobyism is a noun.
- What is the plural of boobyism?
- The plural of boobyism is boobyisms.
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