English

Adjective

oofy ‎(comparative more oofy, superlative most oofy)

1. (slang) Wealthy, having lots of oof (money).
   • 1896, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 160, page 727:

     … the glorious Tinman, or my oofy maiden-aunt; wouldn't she have jumped at me, if she had?

   • 1907, John Brynildsen, Engelsk-Dansk-Norsk Ordbog / A dictionary of the English and Dano-Norwegian languages, part II (N–Z), entry for oof, page 49 (archive.org ebook):

     … oofy ['u·fi] sl som har megen Mønt …

   • 1909, Joseph Storer Clouston, The Prodigal Father, page 185 (Gutenberg ebook):

     Money isn't everything in this world. Youth and love and pluck are the main things. Hang it, what if you do get into debt occasionally? You've got a pretty oofy father-in-law.

   • 1934, P. G. Wodehouse, Right Ho, Jeeves (Gutenberg ebook):

     This Tom has a peculiarity I've noticed in other very oofy men. Nick him for the paltriest sum, and he lets out a squawk you can hear at Land's End. He has the stuff in gobs, but he hates giving up.

Anagrams

• yoof