looby
obsolete
looby is spelled L-O-O-B-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, looby means “A large and awkward or clumsy person; an oaf” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of looby is loobies.
How many letters and syllables are in looby?
| Letters | 5: L-O-O-B-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 139,999th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is looby?
Looby appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce looby?
Looby has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-looby.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does looby mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicA large and awkward or clumsy person; an oaf.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does looby come from?
Uncertain. Perhaps from lob (“a large piece, lump”) + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).