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knobby

adj
/ˈnɒbi/UK/ˈnɑbi/US

Etymology

From knob + -y.

  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 knobby — “knob + y”

Definitions

  1. Resembling a knob.

    • They appeared, upon section, like wedge-shaped, knobby formations, penetrating into the placenta fetalis, and were thus found in three places ; the smallest was 3 mm. and the largest was 15 mm. in diameter.
    • The baby kicked energetically. She caressed a knobby knee or elbow.

  2. Having many knobs or knob-like projections.

    • The large open leaves and large knobby leaves were picked out by hand, and formed the finest sort of "hyson skin" (known commercially as pretty good bloom, brightish hyson kind mixed, knobby leaf); the remaining leaves were hyson.
    • Further evidence for the correlation of basin structures arises from the spatial relation in both basins of the massifs to the associated knobby terrain.

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