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blubberous

blubberous adjective: blubbery.

Adjective

blubberous (comparative more blubberous, superlative most blubberous)

  1. (rare) Blubbery.
    • Compare New York Magazine theater critic John Simon's description of Liza Minnelli whom he once said was beagle-faced with lips that were "blubberous and unable to resist the pull of gravity."2003 January 26, Robyn E. Blumner, “Hirschfeld and Broadway”, in St. Petersburg Times
    • They are slow-moving and blubberous and thus were an abundant source of oil for a world not yet addicted to petroleum.2006, Arline and Sam Bleecker, "Holland American Has a Whale of a Program," Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep.

Forms of blubberous

comparativemore blubberous
superlativemost blubberous

Origin of blubberous

From blubber + -ous.

Questions about blubberous

What does blubberous mean?
Blubberous means blubbery.
What part of speech is blubberous?
Blubberous is an adjective.

Words near blubberous in the dictionary

  1. blubbering
  2. blubberingly
  3. blubberings
  4. blubberless
  5. blubberlike
  6. blubberous
  7. blubbers
  8. blubbersome
  9. blubbery
  10. blubbing
  11. blubbings

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