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zootier

zootier is the comparative form of zooty.

Meaning of zooty

Adjective

zooty (comparative more zooty, superlative most zooty)

  1. (dated, informal) Stylish, flashy, snappy.
    • Only the silver dollar hawkers have kept up their professional spirits. They hang around street corners, clinking gleaming stacks of coins, their orthodox blue Chinese gowns topped by broad-brimmed brown fedoras that give them, from the neck up, that zooty air usually associated with Broadway...1949 April 18, Dwight Martin, “City of Defeat”, in Time, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2013

Questions about zootier

What is zootier the comparative form of?
Zootier is the comparative form of zooty.

Words near zootier in the dictionary

  1. zootherapy
  2. zoothome
  3. zoothomes
  4. zootic
  5. zootie
  6. zootier
  7. zooties
  8. zootiest
  9. zooting
  10. zootje
  11. zootjes

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