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gloriosky

gloriosky interjection: wonderful; great; hurrah!

Interjection

  1. (slang) wonderful; great; hurrah!
    • We are told that it is corny to be sentimental, to feel like shouting “gloriosky” with that little girl of the comic strips, Little Annie Rooney. But it is not corny at all; it is deep wisdom.1963, Joseph Anthony Breig, The Mysteries of Marriage, page 20
    • The individual or group at the top feed entirely on flattering and deceptive garbage (the Howard Hughes syndrome). Gloriosky, the tales I could tell about corporations where I've worked... such things are only possible on the Planet of the Apes.1980, Robert Anton Wilson, The Illuminati Papers

Origin of gloriosky

Catchphrase of the protagonist of the comic strip Little Annie Rooney (launched in 1927), presumably from glorious + -sky.

Questions about gloriosky

What does gloriosky mean?
Gloriosky means wonderful; great; hurrah!
What part of speech is gloriosky?
Gloriosky is an interjection.

Words near gloriosky in the dictionary

  1. gloriosa
  2. gloriosa daisies
  3. gloriosa daisy
  4. gloriosas
  5. gloriosity
  6. gloriosky
  7. glorioso
  8. gloriosos
  9. glorious
  10. Glorious Revolution
  11. Glorious Thirty

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