boss´i|ness

boss´i|ness
boss|y1 «BS ee, BOS-», adjective, boss|i|er, boss|i|est.
Informal. fond of telling others what to do and how to do it; domineering.
[American English < boss1 + -y1]
boss´i|ness, noun.
boss|y2 «BS ee, BOS-», adjective.
decorated with bosses; projecting as bosses do.
[< boss2]
bos|sy3 or bos|sie «BS ee, BOS-», noun, plural -sies.
Informal. a familiar name for a cow or calf (used chiefly in calling or soothing).
[< dialectal English borse, boss young calf]

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