Numby

//ˈnʌmi// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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

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"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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