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Doosed vs Dooked - What's the difference?

doosed | dooked |

As an adverb doosed

is (degree|dated).

As a verb dooked is

(dook).

doosed

English

Alternative forms

* dooced

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • (degree, dated)
  • * 1867 , , 2006, Elibron Classics, Volume 1, page 151,
    • "Upon my word she's a doosed' good-looking little thing," said Archie, coming up to him, after having also shaken hands with her; — "' doosed good-looking, I call her."
  • * 1872 , Laurence William M. Lockhart, Fair to see , page 149,
    • I thought my nephew a fool ; I now know that he is a doosed sensible fellow, and the luckiest dog in Christendom — luckiest dog in Christendom, I declare.
  • * 1938 , G.B. Lancaster (), Promenade , page 143,
    • Accepted me, did she? Doosed awkward, that. I thought she had more sense.
    English degree adverbs

    dooked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dook)

    • dook

    English

    Etymology 1

    Onomatopoeic.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (of a ferret) To make a certain clucking sound.

    • Etymology 2

    (duck)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dialect) duck
  • * 1835 , James Baillie Fraser, The Highland smugglers, Volume 2
    • But anger is a blin' guide — he dooked from the first blow, an' it passed wi' little ill; an' he raised his drawn sword, an' made a wild cut at my head...

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) . See also (l) (cloth).

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a strong, untwilled linen or cotton.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) ----