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单词 knubby
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knubbyadj.

Brit. /ˈnʌbi/, U.S. /ˈnəbi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: knub n., -y suffix1.
Etymology: < knub n. + -y suffix1. Compare earlier knubbly adj. and knobby adj., and later nubby adj.
Of the form of or resembling a knub; full of or covered with knubs; knobbly.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] > having (a) protuberance(s) > having knobbles or knots
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warreda1398
knarryc1405
knottyc1405
knurredc1430
knurry1513
knobby1526
knurrish1530
knappy1552
bunchy1562
gouty1597
nody1611
boiny1615
gnarleda1616
nodosous1623
nodose1657
tuberose1704
nodated1710
knablick1788
tuberculed1798
knubbly1809
knubby1828
nubbly1829
knobbled1840
knobbly1844
knarred1849
nubby1864
1828 Monthly Mag. Jan. 10 The market-place, where you are equally at the mercy of the sun over head, and the knubby stones under foot.
1882 Standard 14 Dec. 5/3 [Jamaica] On the other side of the..bamboo fence rise..‘knubby cabbages’, with their bullet heads.
1924 Pop. Sci. Monthly Nov. 135/1 Now and again..knubby pieces of tree limbs are found, so odd that they tempt one to take them home.
1976 Midland (Texas) Reporter-Telegram 13 May 9 a/2 The background fabric is rough and knubby (burlap).
2010 D. K. Davies True Things about Me 19 I thought about the knubby wooden buttons with their metal shanks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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