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knobbish

adj

Etymology

From knob + -ish.

  1. derived from knappr — “small projection, knob (button, head of a stick, etc.)”
  2. inherited from cnæp
  3. derived from *knappô✻
  4. derived from knobbe — “knob, knot in wood, bud”
  5. inherited from knobbe
  6. suffixed as knobbish — “knob + ish”

Definitions

  1. like a knob (contemptible person)

    like a knob (contemptible person); dickish

The neighborhood

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