fubsy

F4U1B3S1Y4
UK/ˈfʌb.sɪ/

adjective

short and stout; low and wide

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Meanings

adjectivefubsy (comparative fubsier, superlative fubsiest)

comparative fubsier · superlative fubsiest

  1. UKshort and stout; low and wide

    […] seated upon the widow's little fubsy sofa […]

    1837, Frederick Marryat, Snarleyyow, or, the Dog Fiend
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    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

    ‘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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
fubbystocky

Origin

fubs (variant of fub) + -y

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Translations

Bulgarian дундест, тантурест
  • дундест (dundest)short and stout; low and wide
  • тантурест (tanturest)short and stout; low and wide
Polish przysadzisty
  • przysadzistyshort and stout; low and wide
Ukrainian присадкуватий
  • присадкуватий (prysadkuvatyj)short and stout; low and wide
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APA

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MLA

“fubsy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fubsy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fubsy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fubsy.

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