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nebby

adj

Etymology

From neb (“face, nose, beak”) + -y.

  1. inherited from *nabją✻ — “beak, nose”
  2. inherited from nebb — “beak, nose, face”
  3. inherited from neb
  4. suffixed as nebby — “neb + y”

Definitions

  1. Overly inquiring

    Overly inquiring; nosey.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nebby. 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