FUBBY ADJ. of the figure, limbs, etc.: fat and squat; chubby, plump ...1790 rare ETYMOLOGY from fub (n. a small chubby person) + -y FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1790 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...While touch'd by Extacy we madd'ning lay, With raging, rav'nous energy fatigu'd, Th' Idalian urchin and his fubby crew, Guarded the passes of the blest retreat, Circling its precincts; odoriferous bloom'd The modest Violet and Cowslip sweet, Dew-wash'd Primroses and Carnations gay, And round a Cedar's fragrant trung uprear'd, Plants of high import or in scent or taste!..." From: Shrove Tuesday: A Satiric Rhapsody - John Williams ('Anthony Pasquin')
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