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nubby en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /nʌbi/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From nub + -y. Compare knobby.

Meanings

1. Knobbly; covered with small knobs.
   • noil A type of silk, sometimes incorrectly called raw silk, with a nubby feel and a low sheen. 2007, Marie Clayton, The Ultimate A to Z Companion to 1,001 Needlecraft Terms:
2. Nub-like, resembling a small bump or protrusion; stubby.
   • Xavier (Unknown Fan #1): Excuse me, miss. I seem to have lost my way. Could you point me in the right direction? Stranger (Unknown Fan #2): Well, shoot, stranger. My pointin' days are long gone, what with these prosthetic limbs and all. Xavier: What the hell? Who transformed your form, messed with your temple, altered your altar, modied ^([sic]) your body? Stranger: Why, Dr. Bruce blessed me with my new hands. He does all sorts of surgeries, but he specializes in hand jobs. Prior to this, I was just a misfit, a nobody. Xavier: Well, being a nubby nobody is better than being a stubby somebody. Stranger: I'm very grateful for these hands, but they're preventing me from getting silly old Whiskers down from that tree. 2009 April 9, Xavier Renegade Angel, season 2, episode 9:
   • Now we are sitting in a circle and each is given a stenographer's pad, the kind with the spring spine, and a nubby pencil, a pencil of quarter size so it can't be used as a weapon [...] 2010, John Leigh Walters, A Very Capable Life: The Autobiography of Zarah Petri, page 170:

Forms

Deriveds

nubbiness

Translations (4)

de noppig (nub-like) · bg на бучки (nub-like) · pl grudkowaty (nub-like) · de genoppt (nub-like)