fubsy

/ˈfʌb.sɪ/

fubsy adjective: short and stout; low and wide.

Adjective

fubsy (comparative fubsier, superlative fubsiest)

(UK) short and stout; low and wide
- A fubsy, good-humoured, laughing, silly […] old maid.1780, Madame d'Arblay, diary entry - May 1780
- “Pray,” said Doctor Waldron, addressing Mrs. Green, “who is that little fubsy lady, with scarce a morsel of neck, and all covered with ribbands, pursued by that long ghost of a man in the Spanish dress?”1833, anonymous author, Frank Orby, page 11

பருமனான, கட்டுக்குட்டான

[…] seated upon the widow's little fubsy sofa […]1837, Frederick Marryat, Snarleyyow, or, the Dog Fiend:
‘And I hope it teaches that fubsy little boiling-oil Abbot a well-deserved lesson,’ added Murial Jane severely.1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 50:
He knew she was nothing but a fubsy pig-pink whorelet and would elbow her face away when she attempted to kiss him after he had finished […]1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle:

comparative	fubsier
superlative	fubsiest

fubs (variant of fub) + -y

What does fubsy mean?: Fubsy means short and stout; low and wide.
What is fubsy in Tamil?: Fubsy in Tamil is பருமனான, கட்டுக்குட்டான. See Fubsy meaning in Tamil.
How do you use fubsy in a sentence?: […] seated upon the widow's little fubsy sofa […]
What part of speech is fubsy?: Fubsy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fubsy?: Fubsy is pronounced /ˈfʌb.sɪ/ (UK).

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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