Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

looie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: looie
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Informal

Example Sentences

""Dress up that line there," one sergeant with three gold stripes shouted to his company of majors, second "looies," and privates."
"[…] any more than a second lieutenant in Fort Dix will have a direct involvement with the doings of Congress. Even the "employers" of the ISTs, the security council, should remain as distant from the characters as the Joint Chiefs of Staff are from that second looie."

Etymology

Shortened lieutenant + -ie.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ie

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

looies (plural)

Questions

What does looie mean?: Lieutenant.
Where does looie come from?: Shortened lieutenant + -ie.

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