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dauby

adj

Etymology

From daub + -y.

  1. derived from dealbāre — “to whiten thoroughly”
  2. derived from dauber — “to whitewash; plaster”
  3. derived from dauben — “to plaster or whitewash; cover with clay; bespatter”
  4. inherited from daub
  5. suffixed as dauby — “daub + -y”

Definitions

  1. Smeary

    Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive.

    • dauby wax

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dauby. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA