nobby
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Wealthy or of high social position; of or pertaining to a nob (person of great wealth or social standing).
British usage; Informal
name
A diminutive of the male given name Norbert.
name
A diminutive of the female given name Zenobia.
Example Sentences
- "I'll come back in the course of the evening, if agreeable to you, and endeavor to meet your wishes respecting this unfortunate family matter, and the nobbiest way of keeping it quiet."
- ""[…]What makes it worse,” she continued, in the extremity of confidence, “I heard those two cricketing men say just now, 'She's the nobbiest girl on the boat.' But I don't mind it, you know, Harry.""
- "Undertaking?—why it's the dead-surest business in Christendom, and the nobbiest."
- "1925 April 11, Busybody, "Jottings About Town", in The New Yorker, page 25, Quite nobby are the suitings appearing on some of our better Fifth Avenue young men."
- "Alcibiades, was the nobbiest boy in Greece."
- "Nobby Stiles Norbert is a moniker one normally doesn't associate with one of the game's most intimidating midfielders, but "Nobby" provided the steel for the England side that prevailed in the 1966 World Cup, and his gap-toothed visage would have earned him a guest spot in the movie Halloween."
Etymology
Etymology tree English nob Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English nobby From nob + -y.