pubbleadj.

Brit.

/ˈpʌbl/, U.S.

/ˈpəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s– pubble; English regional (Yorkshire) 1900s– pouble.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English puble , pebble n.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps a transferred use of puble, variant of pebble n. (compare forms at that entry), the original sense hence perhaps being ‘rounded (like a pebble)’, or alternatively perhaps compare German regional (Low German: Mecklenburg) Pümpel small fat person, Pumpel (Berlin, Brandenburg) small fat, homely, poor, or clumsy person, carelessly dressed woman, (East Prussia) fat child, small person, (East Friesland) fat burly person, fat person wearing scruffy or wide-cut clothes (all of uncertain origin, perhaps ultimately imitative).Compare earlier Middle English powbly (also as transmission error plowbly ) apparently in the same sense (compare -y suffix¹):c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 3388 Powbly [a1420 Augustus cheries plowbly ben & rede, First in Iune, þat sweth after May].

English regional (northern, chiefly Yorkshire) in later use.

Esp. of grain and crops: fat, plump; well-grown.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > [adjective] > strong, vigorous, or plump

strongOE

thriftyc1440

well-brawneda1450

valiant1542

pubble1566

stout1573

corroborate1581

bunting1584

lusty1600

plump1600

vegetous1610

blought1611

boisterous1622

stocky1622

robust1627

steera1642

vegete1655

jollya1661

vigorous1706

well-to-do1852

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump

fatc893

frimOE

fullOE

overfatOE

greatOE

bald1297

roundc1300

encorsivea1340

fattishc1369

fleshyc1369

fleshlyc1374

repletea1398

largec1405

corsious1430

corpulentc1440

corsyc1440

fulsome1447

portlyc1487

corporate1509

foggy fata1529

corsive1530

foggish?1537

plump1545

fatty1552

fleshful1552

pubble1566

plum1570

pursy1576

well-fleshed1576

gross?1577

fog1582

forfatted1586

gulchy1598

bouksome1600

fat-fed1607

meatified1607

chuff1609

plumpya1616

bloat1638

blowze-like1647

obese1651

jollya1661

bloated1664

chubbed1674

pluffya1689

puffya1689

pussy1688

sappy1694

crummy1718

chubby1722

fodgel1724

well-padded1737

beefy1743

plumpish1753

pudsy1754

rotund1762

portable1770

lusty1777

roundabout1787

well-cushioned1802

plenitudinous1803

stout1804

embonpointc1806

roly-poly1808

adipose1810

roll-about1815

foggy1817

poddy1823

porky1828

hide-blown1834

tubby1835

stoutish1836

tubbish1836

superfatted1841

pottle-bodied1842

pincushiony1851

opulent1882

well-covered1884

well-upholstered1886

butterball1888

endomorphic1888

tisty-tosty1888

pachyntic1890

barrel-bodied1894

overweight1899

pussy-gutted1906

upholstered1924

1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Fij^v Yf they bothe be dreste, The Pecocke, and the pubble hen, The Pecocke tasteth best.

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 104 If the wheate bee a pubble, proude and well-skinned corne.

1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 56 Pubble; Fat, full: usually spoken of Corn, Fruit and the like.

1700 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 22 681 I have seen several great Horse-muscles..which..are more thick, full and pubble, than ours commonly are at this day.

1779 E. Clark Misc. Poems 111 He view'd the busy, pecking train, Regaling rich on pubble grain.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) II. Dialogues 296 Shoe war pubble an grosh.

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 135 ‘As pubble as a partridge’, broad-breasted, stout.

1900 W. Dickinson & E. W. Prevost Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (rev. ed.) 252/1 Grain well fed is ‘pubble as a partridge’.

1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 99/1 ‘Ez pouble ez a partrig’—a common simile, as plump as a partridge.

1994 A. Kellett Yorks. Dict. 142/2 Pubble, soft, plump and round.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pubble
释义	pubbleadj. Brit. /ˈpʌbl/, U.S. /ˈpəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s– pubble; English regional (Yorkshire) 1900s– pouble. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English puble , pebble n. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps a transferred use of puble, variant of pebble n. (compare forms at that entry), the original sense hence perhaps being ‘rounded (like a pebble)’, or alternatively perhaps compare German regional (Low German: Mecklenburg) Pümpel small fat person, Pumpel (Berlin, Brandenburg) small fat, homely, poor, or clumsy person, carelessly dressed woman, (East Prussia) fat child, small person, (East Friesland) fat burly person, fat person wearing scruffy or wide-cut clothes (all of uncertain origin, perhaps ultimately imitative).Compare earlier Middle English powbly (also as transmission error plowbly ) apparently in the same sense (compare -y suffix¹):c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 3388 Powbly [a1420 Augustus cheries plowbly ben & rede, First in Iune, þat sweth after May]. English regional (northern, chiefly Yorkshire) in later use. Esp. of grain and crops: fat, plump; well-grown. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > [adjective] > strong, vigorous, or plump strongOE thriftyc1440 well-brawneda1450 valiant1542 pubble1566 stout1573 corroborate1581 bunting1584 lusty1600 plump1600 vegetous1610 blought1611 boisterous1622 stocky1622 robust1627 steera1642 vegete1655 jollya1661 vigorous1706 well-to-do1852 the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump fatc893 frimOE fullOE overfatOE greatOE bald1297 roundc1300 encorsivea1340 fattishc1369 fleshyc1369 fleshlyc1374 repletea1398 largec1405 corsious1430 corpulentc1440 corsyc1440 fulsome1447 portlyc1487 corporate1509 foggy fata1529 corsive1530 foggish?1537 plump1545 fatty1552 fleshful1552 pubble1566 plum1570 pursy1576 well-fleshed1576 gross?1577 fog1582 forfatted1586 gulchy1598 bouksome1600 fat-fed1607 meatified1607 chuff1609 plumpya1616 bloat1638 blowze-like1647 obese1651 jollya1661 bloated1664 chubbed1674 pluffya1689 puffya1689 pussy1688 sappy1694 crummy1718 chubby1722 fodgel1724 well-padded1737 beefy1743 plumpish1753 pudsy1754 rotund1762 portable1770 lusty1777 roundabout1787 well-cushioned1802 plenitudinous1803 stout1804 embonpointc1806 roly-poly1808 adipose1810 roll-about1815 foggy1817 poddy1823 porky1828 hide-blown1834 tubby1835 stoutish1836 tubbish1836 superfatted1841 pottle-bodied1842 pincushiony1851 opulent1882 well-covered1884 well-upholstered1886 butterball1888 endomorphic1888 tisty-tosty1888 pachyntic1890 barrel-bodied1894 overweight1899 pussy-gutted1906 upholstered1924 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Fij^v Yf they bothe be dreste, The Pecocke, and the pubble hen, The Pecocke tasteth best. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 104 If the wheate bee a pubble, proude and well-skinned corne. 1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 56 Pubble; Fat, full: usually spoken of Corn, Fruit and the like. 1700 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 22 681 I have seen several great Horse-muscles..which..are more thick, full and pubble, than ours commonly are at this day. 1779 E. Clark Misc. Poems 111 He view'd the busy, pecking train, Regaling rich on pubble grain. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) II. Dialogues 296 Shoe war pubble an grosh. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 135 ‘As pubble as a partridge’, broad-breasted, stout. 1900 W. Dickinson & E. W. Prevost Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (rev. ed.) 252/1 Grain well fed is ‘pubble as a partridge’. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 99/1 ‘Ez pouble ez a partrig’—a common simile, as plump as a partridge. 1994 A. Kellett Yorks. Dict. 142/2 Pubble, soft, plump and round. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1566
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