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fubsy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈfʌb.sɪ/ (UK)

Etymology

fubs (variant of fub) + -y

Meanings

1. (UK) short and stout; low and wide
   • […] seated upon the widow's little fubsy sofa […] 1837, Frederick Marryat, Snarleyyow, or, the Dog Fiend:
   • He knew she was nothing but a fubsy pig-pink whorelet and would elbow her face away when she attempted to kiss him after he had finished […] 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle:
   • ‘And I hope it teaches that fubsy little boiling-oil Abbot a well-deserved lesson,’ added Murial Jane severely. 1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 50:
   • A fubsy, good-humoured, laughing, silly […] old maid. 1780, Madame d'Arblay, diary entry - May 1780:
   • “Pray,” said Doctor Waldron, addressing Mrs. Green, “who is that little fubsy lady, with scarce a morsel of neck, and all covered with ribbands, pursued by that long ghost of a man in the Spanish dress?” 1833, anonymous author, Frank Orby, page 11:

Forms

Deriveds

fubsily · fubsiness

Translations (4)

bg дундест (short and stout; low and wide) · bg тантурест (short and stout; low and wide) · pl przysadzisty (short and stout; low and wide) · uk присадкуватий (short and stout; low and wide)