† chubbishadj.
Obsolete.
1. Of the nature of a chub; dull, clownish.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > clumsy stupidity, oafishness > [adjective]
heavy1340
plump1481
chubbish1566
lubberlike1572
lubberly1580
oafish1682
chubbed1702
slobbish1833
joulter1854
landlubberly1860
slobby1872
1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Av The chubbyshe gnof that toyles and moyles And delueth in the downe.
2. Chub-shaped; hence gen. blunt and thick.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being short and thick or broad > [adjective]
stoba1500
stubbeda1529
stubbleda1529
strunt1577
stumpy1600
chubby1611
stumpish1618
chubbed1674
squat1684
chubbish1685
chub1688
squabbed1694
cloddy1712
clavellated1713
pluggy1720
squab1723
puddy1747
tubbish1786
stunt1788
bunting1808–25
dumpy1808
clumpy1820
dubby1825
stubby1831
chunky1833
snubbed1835
tubby1835
pudgy1862
squatty1881
squidgy1891
1685 London Gaz. No. 2053/4 A good large Nose the end being chubish.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.1566