kookyadj.

Brit.

/ˈkuːki/,

/ˈkʊki/, U.S.

/ˈkuki/

Forms: Also kookie.

Etymology: < kook n. + -y suffix¹.

slang.

Cranky, crazy, eccentric.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > slightly mad > eccentric or cranky

fantastical1531

odd1577

eccentric1685

fanaticized1827

cranky1850

bee-bonneted1856

cornery1887

screwy1887

kinky1889

crankish1892

ratty1895

batchy1898

batsc1901

batty1903

potty1920

offbeat1922

off-centre1930

wacky1935

screwball1936

up the creek1941

oddball1945

wackadoo1958

kooky1959

wiggy1963

flaky1964

nutball1968

woo-woo1971

wacko1977

off-kilter1985

wackadoodle1993

fantastic-

1959 Motion Pictures Aug. 32/1 Get set for some far-out talk on teen-age romance by the kookiest cat in town—Edd Byrnes.

1961 Spectator 15 Sept. 360 I've got this kooky Aunt who reads novels.

1961 John o' London's 30 Nov. 615/4 The dialogue is conscientiously kookie.

1962 Sunday Express 21 Jan. 17/1 A Hollywood comedienne noted for her ‘kookie’ performances.

1963 E. L. Wallant Tenants of Moonbloom (1964) iv. 48 I feel like dropping the Muse and this kooky life and marrying a nice tired businessman.

1965 J. Potts Only Good Secretary (1966) ii. 26 Max is kind of a kook. He paints these kooky pictures.

1971 Daily Tel. 21 Aug. 16/1 A ‘kooky’ young American woman: enthusiastic, energetic, enterprising and ‘a bit nuts’.

1973 Nation Rev. (Melbourne) 31 Aug. 1452/3 (advt.) ‘No Sex Please, We're British!’ The funniest, kookiest night of your life.

Derivatives

ˈkookily adv. in a kooky manner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adverb] > madly

woodlyc1000

madlyc1225

out of (by, from, of) wit or one's wit1470–85

bedlamlya1569

bedlamlike1576

distractedly1608

madling1608

monthly1611

brainsicklya1616

maddinglya1625

frenzilya1688

crazily1814

insanely1828

dementedly1844

off1866

hippomaniacally1876

pathologically1925

manically1927

dottily1937

feyly1959

kookily1968

nutso1980

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adverb] > eccentric or cranky

eccentrically1737

off-centre1876

dottily1937

wackily1961

kookily1968

1968 Punch 19 June 899/1 This study of a kooky girl is also..kookily narrated.

1974 Observer 21 Apr. 37/1 ‘Isadora’ kookily takes off on a Freudian odyssey round Europe.

ˈkookiness n. the state of being kooky.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > slight madness > crankiness or eccentricity

fantasticalness1581

fantasticality1592

eccentricity1657

fantasticness1661

out-of-the-wayness1800

nuttiness1865

crankiness1870

crankism1882

crankery1884

faddishness1884

faddism1885

crankness1890

pottiness1933

wackiness1941

offbeatness1960

kookiness1962

1962 Sunday Express 21 Jan. 17/3 Kookiness doesn't go with a kimono.

1970 Sudbury (Ont.) Daily Star 26 Feb. 18/4 There's nothing you can do, so accept your mother's kookiness gracefully. Her antics in no way diminish you in the eyes of your friends.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kooky
释义	kookyadj. Brit. /ˈkuːki/, /ˈkʊki/, U.S. /ˈkuki/ Forms: Also kookie. Etymology: < kook n. + -y suffix¹. slang. Cranky, crazy, eccentric. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > slightly mad > eccentric or cranky fantastical1531 odd1577 eccentric1685 fanaticized1827 cranky1850 bee-bonneted1856 cornery1887 screwy1887 kinky1889 crankish1892 ratty1895 batchy1898 batsc1901 batty1903 potty1920 offbeat1922 off-centre1930 wacky1935 screwball1936 up the creek1941 oddball1945 wackadoo1958 kooky1959 wiggy1963 flaky1964 nutball1968 woo-woo1971 wacko1977 off-kilter1985 wackadoodle1993 fantastic- 1959 Motion Pictures Aug. 32/1 Get set for some far-out talk on teen-age romance by the kookiest cat in town—Edd Byrnes. 1961 Spectator 15 Sept. 360 I've got this kooky Aunt who reads novels. 1961 John o' London's 30 Nov. 615/4 The dialogue is conscientiously kookie. 1962 Sunday Express 21 Jan. 17/1 A Hollywood comedienne noted for her ‘kookie’ performances. 1963 E. L. Wallant Tenants of Moonbloom (1964) iv. 48 I feel like dropping the Muse and this kooky life and marrying a nice tired businessman. 1965 J. Potts Only Good Secretary (1966) ii. 26 Max is kind of a kook. He paints these kooky pictures. 1971 Daily Tel. 21 Aug. 16/1 A ‘kooky’ young American woman: enthusiastic, energetic, enterprising and ‘a bit nuts’. 1973 Nation Rev. (Melbourne) 31 Aug. 1452/3 (advt.) ‘No Sex Please, We're British!’ The funniest, kookiest night of your life. Derivatives ˈkookily adv. in a kooky manner. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adverb] > madly woodlyc1000 madlyc1225 out of (by, from, of) wit or one's wit1470–85 bedlamlya1569 bedlamlike1576 distractedly1608 madling1608 monthly1611 brainsicklya1616 maddinglya1625 frenzilya1688 crazily1814 insanely1828 dementedly1844 off1866 hippomaniacally1876 pathologically1925 manically1927 dottily1937 feyly1959 kookily1968 nutso1980 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adverb] > eccentric or cranky eccentrically1737 off-centre1876 dottily1937 wackily1961 kookily1968 1968 Punch 19 June 899/1 This study of a kooky girl is also..kookily narrated. 1974 Observer 21 Apr. 37/1 ‘Isadora’ kookily takes off on a Freudian odyssey round Europe. ˈkookiness n. the state of being kooky. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > slight madness > crankiness or eccentricity fantasticalness1581 fantasticality1592 eccentricity1657 fantasticness1661 out-of-the-wayness1800 nuttiness1865 crankiness1870 crankism1882 crankery1884 faddishness1884 faddism1885 crankness1890 pottiness1933 wackiness1941 offbeatness1960 kookiness1962 1962 Sunday Express 21 Jan. 17/3 Kookiness doesn't go with a kimono. 1970 Sudbury (Ont.) Daily Star 26 Feb. 18/4 There's nothing you can do, so accept your mother's kookiness gracefully. Her antics in no way diminish you in the eyes of your friends. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1959
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