looby

American  

[loo-bee] / ˈlu bi /

noun

• loobies
  plural

1. an awkward person, especially one who is lazy or stupid; lout; lubber.

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looby British  

/ ˈluːbɪ /

noun

1. a foolish or stupid person

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• loobies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of looby

First recorded in 1350–1400, looby is from the Middle English word loby. See lob ¹, lubber

Example Sentences

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looby

You read them: our choice spirit, our refin'd rare wit, 10 Suffenus, O no ditcher e'er appeared more rude, No looby coarser; such a shock, a change is there.

From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Robinson Ellis

Now we dance looby, looby, looby, Shake your right hand a little, Shake your left hand a little, Shake your right foot a little, And turn you round about.

From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by J. O. (James Orchard) Halliwell-Phillipps

Here we dance, looby, looby, looby, loo, Every Saturday night.

From Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft

"Now, you looby," said the lawyer, "cannot you conceive that your business can be nothing to Colonel Mannering, but that he may not choose to have these great ears of thine regaled with his matters?"

From Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott

They first join hands and dance round, singing— Here we dance Looby, looby, Here we dance Looby light, Here we dance Looby, looby, All on a Saturday night.

From What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes by Dorothy Canfield Fisher