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bossy
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b?si/
- (cot-caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /?b?si/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?si/, /?b?s?/
- Rhymes: -?si, -??si
Etymology 1
boss +? -y
Adjective
bossy (comparative bossier, superlative bossiest)
- Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.
Synonyms
- dictatorial, authoritarian, commanding, tyrannical, demanding, inflexible
- see also Thesaurus:bossy
Translations
Etymology 2
Diminutive of dialectal English boss, as used in the term boss-calf (which, like buss-calf, is a variant form of boose-calf, a calf kept in a boose (“stall”)).
Noun
bossy (plural bossies)
- (US, informal, dated) A cow or calf.
- about 1900, O. Henry, Hygeia at the Solito
- 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.
- about 1900, O. Henry, Hygeia at the Solito
Etymology 3
boss +? -y
Adjective
bossy (comparative more bossy, superlative most bossy)
- Ornamented with bosses; studded.
Anagrams
- sybos
Lower Sorbian
Adjective
bossy
- Obsolete spelling of bósy
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bossiness
English
Etymology
From bossy +? -ness.
Noun
bossiness (usually uncountable, plural bossinesses)
- The characteristic of being bossy.
Synonyms
- pushiness, cockiness, forwardness, bumptiousness
Translations
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