Bossy

Pronunciation

• GenAm IPA: /ˈbÉ”si/
• cot-caught merger IPA: /ˈbÉ‘si/
• RP IPA: /ˈbÉ’si/, /ˈbÉ’sɪ/
• Rhymes: -É’si, -ɔːsi

boss + -y

Full definition of bossy

Adjective

1. Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.

Synonyms

• dictatorial, authoritarian, commanding, tyrannical, demanding, inflexible
• see also

Diminutive of dialectal English boss, as used in the term boss-calf (which, like buss-calf, is a variant form of boose-calf, a calf kept in a boose ("stall")).

Noun

1. (US, informal, dated) A cow or calf.
• about 1900, O. Henry, A week before, while riding the prairies, Raidler had come upon a sick and weakling calf deserted and bawling. Without dismounting he had reached and slung the distressed bossy across his saddle, and dropped it at the ranch for the boys to attend to.

boss + -y

Adjective

1. Ornamented with bosses; studded.----