Numby
//ˈnʌmi// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Somewhat numb; numbed. obsolete
"My hands are so stiffe and nummie, that I can hardly write for my selfe, so that what I have once scribled, I had rather frame it anew than take the paines to correct it; and I reade but little better."
Example
More examples"My hands are so stiffe and nummie, that I can hardly write for my selfe, so that what I have once scribled, I had rather frame it anew than take the paines to correct it; and I reade but little better."
Etymology
From numb + -y.
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