zooty

[ zoo-tee ]

adjective

, Slang.

1. characteristic of a zoot suiter; extreme or flamboyant in style or appearance:

   a zooty new convertible.

Word History and Origins

Origin of zooty¹

1945–50; zoot (suit) + -y ¹

Example Sentences

“The fact there was this cool, zooty, subversive content around the videos kept you going,” said Van Toffler, the former chief executive of Viacom’s music group.

From New York Times

Leonard tended to dress his own ideas in outfits that are less zooty than boho tending to wizardly.

From Slate

From the Second City is an informal, talent-laden revue that is saucy, sassy, hip, zooty and xiphoid, plus being more fun than two barrels of monkeys.

From Time Magazine Archive

They hang around street corners, clinking gleaming stacks of coins, their orthodox blue Chinese gowns topped by broad-brimmed brown fedoras that give them, from the neck up, that zooty air usually associated with Broadway characters in Li'l Abner.

From Time Magazine Archive

I've had four horses down with the 'zooty, and two men laid up with dip'thery.

From Project Gutenberg