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globby en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɡlɒ.bi/

Etymology

From glob + -y.

Meanings

  1. Characterised by globs or lumps.
    • 2012, Diane, Carbonell, 150 Pounds Gone Forever: How I Lost Half My Size and You Can Too And the beautiful smooth shiny frosting was now a globby mess, as I unsuccessfully tried to resmooth it into the gap where the missing brownies had been. The more I moved the frosting around, the worse it looked.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
globbiest Degree=Sup lexicographic
globbier Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

globbiness