booby
English
/ˈbuːbi/
noun
Definitions
- A stupid person.
- Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the gannet family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.
- In the game of croquet, a ball that has not passed through the first wicket.
Etymology
Derived from Spanish, Castilian bobo derived from Latin balbus (stammering, stuttering).
Origin
Latin
balbus
Gloss
stammering, stuttering
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- boobyish English
- boobyism English
- balbitāre Latin
- balbo Latin
- balbus Latin
- balbo Italian
- abobar Spanish, Castilian
- bobalicón Spanish, Castilian
- bobería Spanish, Castilian
- bobo Spanish, Castilian
- calabobos Spanish, Castilian
- cazabobos Spanish, Castilian
- engañabobos Spanish, Castilian
- *balb- Proto-Indo-European
- bobo Portuguese
- ブービー Japanese
- babau Catalan, Valencian
- bâlbâi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- balb Old Irish
- bobo Tagalog
- balbetar Venetian
- bobi Sranan Tongo