fubsy

[ fuhb-zee ]

adjective

, British Dialect.

, fub·si·er, fub·si·est.

1. short and stout.

fubsy

/ ˈfʌbzɪ /

adjective

1. archaic.
   short and stout; squat

Word History and Origins

Origin of fubsy¹

1770–80; obsolete fubs, fub chubby person + -y ¹; -s ⁴, -sy

Word History and Origins

Origin of fubsy¹

C18: from obsolete fubs plump person

Example Sentences

Other “worthy” words it wants to see back in circulation include “fubsy,” which means fat and squat, “salubrious,” meaning healthy, and “anechdoche,” defined as a conversation in which everyone is talking but no one is listening.

From Washington Times

Baby animals have the edge - fubsy lion cubs are cute - but their adult counterparts are, no matter how handsome, menacing.

From BBC

Fubby, fub′i, Fubsy, fub′zi, adj. chubby.

From Project Gutenberg

Oppress not the cubs of the stranger, but hail them as Sister and Brother, For though they are little and fubsy, it may be the Bear is their mother.

From Project Gutenberg

On Says You! you will hear real or bluff definitions of such words as trank, chelp, and fubsy.

From Time Magazine Archive