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quobby

quobby adjective: marshy, boggy.

Adjective

quobby (comparative quobbier or more quobby, superlative quobbiest or most quobby)

  1. (dialectal) Marshy, boggy.
  2. (dialectal) Flabby, lacking firmness.

Forms of quobby

comparativequobbier
comparativemore quobby
superlativequobbiest
superlativemost quobby
alternative formquabby

Origin of quobby

From Middle English quabby, equivalent to quob + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German quobbich, quöbbich, quöwwich, quabbech (“swampy, sticky, soft, difficult, boggy”).

Questions about quobby

What does quobby mean?
Quobby means marshy, boggy.
What part of speech is quobby?
Quobby is an adjective.

Words near quobby in the dictionary

  1. quoad omnia
  2. quoad sacra
  3. quob
  4. quobbed
  5. quobbing
  6. quobby
  7. quobs
  8. quoc ngu
  9. quockerwodger
  10. quockerwodgers
  11. quod

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