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cubbish, a.|ˈkʌbɪʃ| [f. cub n.1 + -ish.] Resembling a cub; awkward, uncouth, unpolished.
1819Scott Let. 3 Oct. in Lockhart, He was shy and cubbish, and would not [come]. 1888Burgon Lives 12 Gd. Men I. iii. 338 The most awkward and cubbish..of the youths present. Hence ˈcubbishly adv., ˈcubbishness.
1828Blackw. Mag. XXIV. 212 One would think a gentleman might shake hands with a familiar friend without any symptoms of cubbishness. 1883J. W. Sherer At Home & in India 85 He cubbishly returned it. |