fubsiness

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noun

Quality of being fubsy.

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Meanings

nounfubsiness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableQuality 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

From fubsy + -ness.

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APA

fubsiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fubsiness

MLA

“fubsiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fubsiness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fubsiness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fubsiness.

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