ˈnumby, a. rare.
In 7–8 nummie, -y.
[f. numb a. + -y.]
Numbed; somewhat numb.
| 1603 Florio Montaigne ii. xvii. (1632) 363 My hands are so stiffe and nummie, that I can hardly write for my selfe. a 1780 Pott Chirurg. Wks. (1790) III. 430 His legs and thighs were cold, and what he called nummy. |