Pobby

//ˈpɒbi// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    pulpy, swollen.

    "There are, in India, ghosts who take the form of fat, cold, pobby corpses, and hide in trees near the roadside till a traveller passes."

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"There are, in India, ghosts who take the form of fat, cold, pobby corpses, and hide in trees near the roadside till a traveller passes."

Etymology

From *pob [Term?] + -y.

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