Hookiest vs Bookiest - What's the difference?
hookiest | bookiest |
(hooky)
Absence from school or work.
Full of hooks.
Shaped like a hook.
As adjectives the difference between hookiest and bookiest
is that hookiest is superlative of hooky while bookiest is superlative of booky.hookiest
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Adjective
(head)hooky
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Etymology 1
Attested in 1848 in New York City. Most likely from Dutch hoekje ("nook, corner; but also 'spot to hide' in hide-and-go-seek"). Formerly, "hoekje spelen" could be used to mean "to play hide-and-go-seek", though the common term for the game nowadays is verstoppertje.Noun
- Let’s play hooky and leave school to go to the mall.