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fubsiness

fubsiness noun: quality of being fubsy.

Noun

fubsiness (uncountable)

  1. Quality of being fubsy.
    • I suppose I'd been expecting incredulity, raised voices, outrage of some sort. But it was worse. A blow-up I could have handled. Instead he didn't say a word, only gazed at me with a sort of grieved fubsiness, haloed by his work lamp, tools arrayed on the walls behind him like Masonic icons.2013, Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

Origin of fubsiness

From fubsy + -ness.

Questions about fubsiness

What does fubsiness mean?
Fubsiness means quality of being fubsy.
What part of speech is fubsiness?
Fubsiness is a noun.

Words near fubsiness in the dictionary

  1. fubs
  2. fubs off
  3. fubsier
  4. fubsiest
  5. fubsily
  6. fubsiness
  7. fubsy
  8. fubu
  9. fubus
  10. fucaceous
  11. fucalean

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