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Booly vs Booky - What's the difference?

booly | booky |

As a noun booly

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

As an adjective booky is

bookish.

booly

English

Alternative forms

* boley * bolye * bouillie

Noun

(boolies)
  • (obsolete) A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars.
  • (obsolete) A place in the mountain pastures enclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.
    • (Spenser)
    (Webster 1913)

    booky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (dated) bookish

    • Derived terms

    * bookiness