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

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

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

Now we dance looby, looby, looby, Now we dance looby, looby, light.

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

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 Ellis, Robinson

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

From The Nursery Rhymes of England by Various

"O thou silly blockhead," quoth he, "all thy life long wilt thou be a fool: thou art already a great looby and yet knowest not what a four-legged rogue a wolf is."

From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoph von