ookyadj.

Brit.

/ˈuːki/, U.S.

/ˈʊki/

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: ucky adj.

Etymology: Probably an alteration of ucky adj. Compare earlier icky adj. and slightly later ook n.

colloquial.

Unpleasant, repellent; slimy. Chiefly in extended use: sickly, sentimental. Also: peculiar; unsettling. Cf. icky adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > slimy

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ooky1964

1964 S. Bellow Herzog (1965) 277 He writes poems and reads them to Mama... He looks ooky when he says them.

1969 T. M. Disch & J. T. Sladek Black Alice xiv. 158 The milk was so warm and ooky it was like yogurt.

1998 Time Out N.Y. 29 Oct. 93/1 My other films are ‘ooky’—you know, they don't make you feel good about things.

2000 Philadelphia City Paper 27 Apr. 104/3 Caviezel ends up with multiple 20 sets of memories..depending on who's dead when in which version of his life. Sadly, this ooky philosophical problem is overpowered by the movie's reconstructed familial pap.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ooky
释义	ookyadj. Brit. /ˈuːki/, U.S. /ˈʊki/ Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: ucky adj. Etymology: Probably an alteration of ucky adj. Compare earlier icky adj. and slightly later ook n. colloquial. Unpleasant, repellent; slimy. Chiefly in extended use: sickly, sentimental. Also: peculiar; unsettling. Cf. icky adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > slimy slimy1377 slimed1393 ooky1964 1964 S. Bellow Herzog (1965) 277 He writes poems and reads them to Mama... He looks ooky when he says them. 1969 T. M. Disch & J. T. Sladek Black Alice xiv. 158 The milk was so warm and ooky it was like yogurt. 1998 Time Out N.Y. 29 Oct. 93/1 My other films are ‘ooky’—you know, they don't make you feel good about things. 2000 Philadelphia City Paper 27 Apr. 104/3 Caviezel ends up with multiple 20 sets of memories..depending on who's dead when in which version of his life. Sadly, this ooky philosophical problem is overpowered by the movie's reconstructed familial pap. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1964
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