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knobbiest

knobbiest is the superlative form of knobby.

Meaning of knobby

Adjective

knobby (comparative knobbier, superlative knobbiest)

  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.1871, New York Medical Journal - Volume 14, page 431
  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.1860, The Encyclopaedia Britannica
    Synonyms:
    nodose

Questions about knobbiest

What is knobbiest the superlative form of?
Knobbiest is the superlative form of knobby.

Words near knobbiest in the dictionary

  1. knobber
  2. knobbers
  3. Knobbes
  4. knobbier
  5. knobbies
  6. knobbiest
  7. knobbily
  8. knobbiness
  9. knobbing
  10. knobbings
  11. knobbish

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