I. adjective
also homy ˈhōmē, -mi
( -er/-est )
Etymology: home (I) + -y
1. : having an air of comfortable intimacy or domesticity : cozy , familiar
took a chair by the fire and looked round the homey room with a sigh of relief — Strand Magazine
just the right size teapot … in the regular old brownware, very homey — New Yorker
2.
a. : having an air of simple informality or hospitality usually associated with home : friendly , unpretentious
lends a homey touch — Vanity Fair
private power companies traveling under the homey alias of “local interests” — Leland Olds
b. : of a family nature : intimate
like the candidate to answer a few homey questions designed to elicit the lowdown on his wife and relatives — Claud Cockburn
c. : folksy
written in the excruciatingly homey prose that is so often confused with the American vulgate — W.H.Whyte
• hom·ey·ness or hom·i·ness -mēnə̇s, -min- noun -es
II. noun
or homie ˈhōmē
( plural homies or homeys )
Etymology: homeboy (herein) + -ie
1. : one who is from one's neighborhood, hometown, or region — often used as a familiar form of address especially among inner-city youths
2. : a fellow member of a youth gang