nubbyadj.

Brit.

/ˈnʌbi/, U.S.

/ˈnəbi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nub n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < nub n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier knubby adj., and also knubbly adj., nubbly adj.

= nubbly adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] > having (a) protuberance(s) > having knobbles or knots

knurneda1225

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

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [adjective] > coarse or rough

roughOE

sackena1450

rugged1558

homespun?1589

shaggy1664

nubbly1829

nubby1935

1864 W. H. Thomes Gold Hunters' Adventures 246 ‘I am happy to know you,’ said Fred, grasping a hand that was about the size of a shoulder of mutton, and twice as hard and nubby.

1876 G. L. Gower Surrey Provincialisms (English Dialect Society no.12. Series C: Original glossaries) Nubby, cloddy, of land that breaks up in clods or lumps.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) Can't never make no work way this here paste, 'tis so nubby.

1935 Amer. Speech 10 192/1 A dress of nubby crepe may have nubbly knots.

1967 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 27 401 Bloch's tough, nubby French is hard to translate, but it shows how his mind worked.

1974 Union (S. Carolina) Daily Times 19 Apr. 5/3 When washing acrylic sweaters, socks and other wash-and-wear things turn them inside out before washing and they do not get nubby.

1989 A. Dilliard Writing Life i. 8 Its back pair of nubby feet clasps the grass stem.

Compounds

General attributive and parasynthetic, as nubby stitch, nubby textured, etc.

ΚΠ

1938 Times 19 Jan. 17/2 The nubby type jacket to the waistline is worn with vivid coloured woollen frocks.

1974 Audubon May 98/1 He was dressed in a manner so quaint and homely as to be quite distinguished from my nubby-tweedy exurbanite townsmen.

1984 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 3 Handsome all cotton nubby-stitch boat-neck sweater.

1992 J. Stern & M. Stern Encycl. Pop Culture 50/2 Men sometime wore boat-neck fisherman's shirts and if they simply had to wear a tie, it was a nubby-textured one.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nubby
释义	nubbyadj. Brit. /ˈnʌbi/, U.S. /ˈnəbi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nub n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < nub n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier knubby adj., and also knubbly adj., nubbly adj. = nubbly adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] > having (a) protuberance(s) > having knobbles or knots knurneda1225 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 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [adjective] > coarse or rough roughOE sackena1450 rugged1558 homespun?1589 shaggy1664 nubbly1829 nubby1935 1864 W. H. Thomes Gold Hunters' Adventures 246 ‘I am happy to know you,’ said Fred, grasping a hand that was about the size of a shoulder of mutton, and twice as hard and nubby. 1876 G. L. Gower Surrey Provincialisms (English Dialect Society no.12. Series C: Original glossaries) Nubby, cloddy, of land that breaks up in clods or lumps. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) Can't never make no work way this here paste, 'tis so nubby. 1935 Amer. Speech 10 192/1 A dress of nubby crepe may have nubbly knots. 1967 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 27 401 Bloch's tough, nubby French is hard to translate, but it shows how his mind worked. 1974 Union (S. Carolina) Daily Times 19 Apr. 5/3 When washing acrylic sweaters, socks and other wash-and-wear things turn them inside out before washing and they do not get nubby. 1989 A. Dilliard Writing Life i. 8 Its back pair of nubby feet clasps the grass stem. Compounds General attributive and parasynthetic, as nubby stitch, nubby textured, etc. ΚΠ 1938 Times 19 Jan. 17/2 The nubby type jacket to the waistline is worn with vivid coloured woollen frocks. 1974 Audubon May 98/1 He was dressed in a manner so quaint and homely as to be quite distinguished from my nubby-tweedy exurbanite townsmen. 1984 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 3 Handsome all cotton nubby-stitch boat-neck sweater. 1992 J. Stern & M. Stern Encycl. Pop Culture 50/2 Men sometime wore boat-neck fisherman's shirts and if they simply had to wear a tie, it was a nubby-textured one. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1864
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