Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Synonym of goof (“a foolish and/or silly person”). · A button (“clothing fastener”) in the shape of a person, object, etc., often collected as a hobby.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryQuirky or silly, often in a humorous manner; daft.
Etymology tree English goof Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English goofy From goof (“foolish and/or silly person”, noun) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense form ‘having the quality of’; and forming informal nouns denoting associated persons or things).
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