nubby
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From nub + -y. Compare knobby.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nʌbi/
Adjective[edit]
nubby (comparative nubbier, superlative nubbiest)
- Knobbly; covered with small knobs.
- 2007, Marie Clayton, The Ultimate A to Z Companion to 1,001 Needlecraft Terms:
- noil A type of silk, sometimes incorrectly called raw silk, with a nubby feel and a low sheen.
- Nub-like, resembling a small bump or protrusion; stubby.
- 2010, John Leigh Walters, A Very Capable Life: The Autobiography of Zarah Petri, page 170:
- 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 [...]
Translations[edit]
covered with small knobs — see knobby