Definition of Housey

1. Adjective. resembling house music ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Housey

1. typical of house music (disco mixes) [adj HOUSIER, HOUSIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Housey

housewiferies
housewifery
housewifey
housewifing
housewifish
housewifization
housewive
housewived
housewives
housewiving
housework
houseworks
housewrecker
housewright
housewrights
housey (current term)
housey-housey
housie
housier
housiest
housing
housing commissioner
housing development
housing estate
housing estates
housing for the elderly
housing industry
housing project
housing start
housings

Literary usage of Housey

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary of Words Used in Swaledale, Yorkshire by John Harland (1876)
"His coat is so hover ' is said of an animal whose coat sticks up. House [houz]. v, to get the corn into the barn. So Halliwell (South). housey [houri], adj. ..."

2. A Window in Thrums by James Matthew Barrie (1898)
"Weel, when he was a probationer he was michty poor, an' one day he was walkin' into Thrums frae Glen A LITTLE housey IN GLEN ..."

3. Original Glossaries by Walter William Skeat (1876)
"His coat is so hover' is said of an animal whose coat sticks up. House [houz], v. to get the corn into the barn. So Halliwell (South). housey ..."

4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1882)
"Ilia coat is so hover ' is said of an animal whoso coat sticks up. House [houz]. v. to get the corn into the barn. So Halliwell (South). housey [houz'i] ..."

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