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FUBSY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of FUBSY is chubby and somewhat squat.
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FUBSY Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
short and stout. fubsy. / ˈfʌbzɪ /. adjective. archaic, short and stout; squat. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © ...
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FUBSY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
somewhat short and fat: The actor plays the fubsy assistant store manager with surprising firearm skills.
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fubsy
fubsy, a. (ˈfʌbzɪ) Also 8 fubsey, 9 fubzy. [f. fubs + -y1.] Of the figure, limbs, etc.: Fat and squat.1780 F. Burney Diary Apr., Her daughter, a fubsy, good-humoured..merry old maid. 1826 J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 261 Fat and fubzy fellows of colleges. 1829 Dk. Buckhm. Priv. Diary III. vii....
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fubsy, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the adjective fubsy is in the late 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for fubsy is from 1780, in the writing of Fanny Burney, writer.
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What does the word 'fubsy' mean? - Publication Coach
The word dates back to 1610 when a fub/fubs was a “small, chubby person,” then seen as a term of endearment (which it definitely would not be, today.)
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fubsical
ˈfubsical, a. rare—1. [f. fubsy + -ic + -al1.] = fubsy.1834 Beckford Italy II. 51 A fubsical, squat wife.
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Fubsy - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
Originating from 1780 and derived from fub/fubs (1610s), meaning a small, chubby person, squat and fat describes someone short and stout, ...
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A.Word.A.Day --fubsy - Wordsmith.org
adjective: Short and stout; stocky. ETYMOLOGY: From fubs (chubby person), of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1780. USAGE: “ ...
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fubsy - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Derived terms · fubsily · fubsiness. Translations. edit.
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FUBSY definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
fubsy in American English (ˈfʌbzi ) adjective Word forms: ˈfubsier or ˈfubsiest British fat and squat; plump
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LOW Synonyms | Collins English Thesaurus
2 days agoSynonyms for LOW in English: small, little, short, stunted, squat, fubsy, low-lying, deep, depressed, shallow, …
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fusby
ˈfusby ? Obs. [? = fubsy.] A contemptuous designation applied to women. Also attrib.1719 D'Urfey Pills V. 108 With that the Flat-capt Fusby smiled. 1845 Punch 29 Nov. 240 A fusby woman who has indulged in the vulgar weakness of giving her children fine names.
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fubby
fubby, a. rare. (ˈfʌbɪ) [f. fub n. + -y1. Cf. fobby.] = fubsy.1790 J. Williams Shrove Tuesday (1794) 12 Th' Idalian urchin and his fubby crew. 1815 Nichols Lit. Anecd. 18th C. IX. 339 note, The Sculptors and Painters apply this epithet to children, and say for instance of the boys of Fiammengo, that...
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