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Definition of Fubby
1. a. Plump; chubby; short and stuffy; as a fubsy sofa.
Definition of Fubby
1. Adjective. plump or chubby ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fubby
1. fubsy [adj FUBBIER, FUBBIEST] - See also: fubsy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fubby
Literary usage of Fubby
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biographical Sketches in Cornwall by Richard Polwhele (1831)
"... through the circles of fashion to hunt, Another Miss Jenny, or Tabitha Runt!
Master Marmoset, all by the side of .Miss fubby, \'«1 away rush'd Miss ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"fleshy, ventricose (rare), obese (a formal or book word); spec. puffy,
paunchy (inelegant), pot-bellied (vulgar), pursy, portly, pudgy, fubby, squab, plump, ..."
3. Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Biographical by John Nichols (1815)
"... that they are fubby. Soon after the vessel was launched, the King made a party
to sail in this yacht down the river, and round the Kentish coast; and, ..."
4. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"Sculptors and painters apply this epithet to children, and say, for instance, of
the boys of Fiammingo, that they are fubby. In this yacht he narrowly ..."
5. Musical history, biography, and criticism by George Hogarth (1838)
"... that they are fubby. Soon after the vessel was launched, the king made a party
to sail in this yacht down the river and round the Kentish coast; ..."
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