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pubble

pubble adjective: pudgy; fat.

Adjective

pubble (comparative more pubble, superlative most pubble)

  1. (Northern England, obsolete) pudgy; fat
    • Thou shalt me fynde fat and wel fed,
      As pubble as may be.1567, Thomas Drant, Horace his arte of Poetrie, pistles, and Satyrs, Englished and to the Earle of Ormounte

Forms of pubble

comparativemore pubble
superlativemost pubble

Origin of pubble

Perhaps from bubble.

Questions about pubble

What does pubble mean?
Pubble means pudgy; fat.
What part of speech is pubble?
Pubble is an adjective.

Words near pubble in the dictionary

  1. pubbies
  2. pubbiest
  3. pubbiness
  4. pubbing
  5. pubbish
  6. pubble
  7. pubby
  8. pubcaster
  9. pubcasters
  10. pubcasting
  11. pubco

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