Sherlocky

English Etymology From en Sherlock y. Adjective en informal Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. en 1922 A. A. Milne The Red House Mystery XXII "Yes, now what was all that about? You were so damn Sherlocky yesterday all of a sudden. We'd been doing the thing together all the time, and you'd been telling me everything, and then suddenly you become very mysterious and private and talk enigmatically--is that the word?--about dentists and swimming and the 'Plough and Horses,' and--well, what was it all about? You simply vanished out of sight; I didn't know what on earth we were talking about." en Walt Mason Rippling Rhymes http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wxRkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E3sNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6053,5666575&dq=sherlocky&hl=en The Calgary Daily Herald 18 June 1925 My nephew was reading a story, a tale of the Sherlocky sort; its pages were startling and gory, and blood was dispensed by the quart. en 1967 Louisa R. Shotwell Adam Bookout The Viking Press 1967 http://books.google.com/books?id=0GqSx7HIpxEC&q=%22sherlocky%22&dq=%22sherlocky%22 236 We would have, if you weren't such a Sherlocky snoop. I suppose you'll tell me next you found our private clubroom." en Synonyms en Holmesish, en Sherlockish, en Sherlock Holmesish, en Sherlock Holmesy See also en Watsonish en eponyms en Sherlock Holmes