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numby en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈnʌmi/
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Etymology

From numb + -y.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Somewhat numb; numbed.
   • My hands are so stiffe and nummie, that I can hardly write for my selfe, so that what I have once scribled, I had rather frame it anew than take the paines to correct it; and I reade but little better. 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
   • The pains extend down the legs, with a numby, burning feeling. 1868, The London Lancet:

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