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moolie

moolie is the alternative form of mooli.

Meaning of mooli

Noun

mooli (plural moolis)

  1. (India, UK, Indian cuisine) Synonym of daikon, particularly its Indian varieties.
    • Fresh vegetables... most in use among natives are—Gájar, carrot... Múlí, radish (Raphanus sativus, L.).1868, B.H. Powell, Handbk. Econ. Products Punjab, I. iii. 260/1
    Synonyms:
    daikon, particularly its Indian varieties

Noun

moolie (plural moolies)

  1. (US, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur) A black person.
    • "I'm serious," Peter said. "We oughta file a missing person's report or something. Not like any self-respectin' Italian girl would go wit a moolie. Not on her own. It's fuckin' kidnappin'."2015, Liam Sweeny, Welcome Back, Jack
    Synonyms:
    moolinyan

Synonyms of moolie

Forms of moolie

pluralmoolies
alternative formmooley

Origin of moolie

Derived from a Calabrian dialect word for Neapolitan mulignana (“eggplant, aubergine”).

Questions about moolie

What does moolie mean?
Moolie means a black person.
What is moolie the alternative form of?
Moolie is the alternative form of mooli.
What part of speech is moolie?
Moolie is a noun.
What is the plural of moolie?
The plural of moolie is moolies.

Words near moolie in the dictionary

  1. Moolerr
  2. mooles
  3. mooley
  4. mooleys
  5. mooli
  6. moolie
  7. moolies
  8. moolike
  9. moolinyan
  10. moolinyans
  11. moolis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moolie (page history and authors); mooli (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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