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Boozy vs Booly - What's the difference?

boozy | booly |

As an adjective boozy

is (of a person) intoxicated by alcohol.

As a noun booly is

(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.

boozy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (of a person) intoxicated by alcohol
  • (of a person) Inclined to consume a significant amount of alcohol
    • He's normally quite a boozy person, but isn't drinking so much these days.
  • (of an event) Involving a large consumption of alcohol
    • We all had hangovers after a boozy weekend in town.
  • (of food) containing or cooked with alcohol.
    • For dessert, the hosts treated us to a helping of boozy apple pie.
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    • 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)