Definitions For Looky

Verb

(sometimes humorous, colloquial) look, look.

Usage notes

Looky is almost always used imperatively, and followed by "here", "there", or "at".

See also

lookit

References

Sihler, Andrew Littleton. Language History: An Introduction. John Benjamins Publishing Co., 2000. p. 6.

Alternative forms

lookee, lookie

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) …”.

Is Looky a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
12

The word Looky is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

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