pobby en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɒbi/ (UK)
Etymology
From *pob [Term?] + -y.
Meanings
-
pulpy, swollen.
There are, in India, ghosts who take the form of fat, cold, pobby corpses, and hide in trees near the roadside till a traveller passes.
1888, Rudyard Kipling, “My Own True Ghost Story”, in The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Tales, Folio Society, published 2005, page 103:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more pobby | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most pobby | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |