nooky

English

Etymology 1

Noun

nooky (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of nookie
   • 2020 October 6, Belinda Luscombe, “Would You Date Someone With Different Political Beliefs? Here's What a Survey of 5,000 Single People Revealed”, in Time‎^[1]:

     In possibly related news, Match’s results also indicate that single people weren’t having much sex. Seven out of 10 of its survey-takers had not had any nooky since the beginning of the pandemic—which also may be because it’s quite tricky to have sex with someone while staying six feet away from them.

Etymology 2

From nook +‎ -y.

Adjective

nooky (comparative nookier, superlative nookiest)

1. Like a nook; small and secluded or cosy.
   • 1901, Modern Cemetery, volumes 10-11, page 164:

     […] it may be a little seat in a nooky place, a spring under a tree, a bit of walk by the brookside or a vista amongst the trees.

   • 1909, Edward Payson Powell, The Country Home, page 1053:

     And so you will find that his whole orchard is a quaint and nooky place where one may not only pick apples, but may saunter and rest.