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quobby

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quob-by
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Marshy, boggy.

adj

Flabby, lacking firmness.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

quobbier (comparative) more quobby (comparative) quobbiest (superlative) most quobby (superlative) quabby (alternative)

Questions

What does quobby mean?
Marshy, boggy.
Where does quobby come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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