Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

booly

/ˈbuːli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: booly
IPA: /ˈbuːli/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk.

Obsolete

noun

An enclosed shelter in the pasture land, usually in the mountainous parts, for the shelter of cattle or their herders.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The term booley was not confined to the mountainous districts; for in some parts of Ireland it was applied to any place where cattle were fed or milked, or which was set apart for dairy purposes."
"they are evermore succoured and finde releife only in these boolies, being upon the waste places"

Etymology

From Irish buaile (“cattle enclosure, summer pasturage for cows”), from Old Irish bó (“cow”) or būale, probably from Latin bovile (“cattle stall”) or bubile, from Latin bos (“cow, bull, ox”) (bov-).

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: buaile, bó, bovile, bos

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

boolies (plural) boley (alternative) bolye (alternative) booley (alternative) bouillie (alternative)

Synonyms

booley house shieling

Questions

How do you pronounce booly?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbuːli/.
What does booly mean?: A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk.
Where does booly come from?: It is traced to Irish.

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