Definition of LOOKY

looky

Meanings

Verb

  • Look.

Origin / Etymology

None of the various attested forms appear in the OED, in Victor & Dalzell’s Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, nor in Webster’s New Universal Unabridged Dictionary.
According to the RHD, 'looky' (also 'lookee') is an interjection attested from 1875–80 which is an alternative form of the imperative look ye! Similarly, the linguist Andrew L. Sihler indicates that ye, the now-archaic subjective form of the English 2nd pers. plural pronoun, “is fossilized in looky (here) …”.

Scrabble Score: 12

looky is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
looky is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
looky is not valid in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

looky is a valid Words With Friends word