Bosey vs Bossy - What's the difference?
bosey | bossy |
Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.
(US, informal, dated) A cow or calf.
* about 1900 , O. Henry,
As nouns the difference between bosey and bossy
is that bosey is (cricket|obsolete) a googly while bossy is (us|informal|dated) a cow or calf.As an adjective bossy is
tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering or bossy can be ornamented with bosses; studded.bossy
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(er)Synonyms
* dictatorial, authoritarian, commanding, tyrannical, demanding, inflexible * see alsoEtymology 2
Diminutive of dialectal English boss, as used in the term ).Noun
(bossies)- A week before, while riding the prairies, Raidler had come upon a sick and weakling calf deserted and bawling. Without dismounting he had reached and slung the distressed bossy across his saddle, and dropped it at the ranch for the boys to attend to.
